Butler, Christina L. and Sutton, Ciara and Mockaitis, Audra and Zander, Lena (2020) The new millennial global leaders: what a difference a generation makes! In: Research handbook of global leadership: making a difference. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, pp. 141-163. ISBN 9781782545347

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Abstract

Our observations of successful global leaders in much of the literature to date are drawn from individuals who began their careers before the effects of globalization began to be felt signifi-cantly. However, times are changing, along with an understanding about leading and being led by a new generation of workers. In this chapter, we analyse and reflect on our current knowl-edge of the generation born in the global era that is now emerging into positions of leadership. In the popular media, this cohort, born between 1982 and 2004 (Strauss & Howe, 1991),1is known as Generation Y (Sheahan, 2005), Generation Next (Zemke, Raines, & Filipczak, 2000), Generation Net (Tapscott, 2009), Generation Me (Twenge, 2006), Trophy Kids (Alsop, 2008), Generation Whine (Bennet, 2012), and the Millennial Generation (Hershatter & Epstein, 2010; Howe & Strauss, 2000). In this chapter we will use the label ‘Millennial generation’ and refer to individuals as ‘Millennials’

Item Type:	Book Section
Keywords:	Leadership; Millennials;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
Item ID:	12081
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781782545354
Depositing User:	Audra Mockaitis
Date Deposited:	07 Jan 2020 17:00
Journal or Publication Title:	Research handbook of global leadership: making a difference.
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
Refereed:	No
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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