What works for you may not work for (Gen)Me: Limitations of present leadership theories for the new generation

Authors

H J. Anderson, University of Oklahoma
J E. Baur, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
J A. Griffith, University of New HampshireFollow
M R. Buckley, University of OklahomaFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Publication Title

Leadership Quarterly

Publisher

Elsevier Inc.

Volume

28

Issue

1

First page number:

245

Last page number:

260

Abstract

Scholars and practitioners alike have recognized that younger workers, collectively known as Millennials or GenMe, are different from workers in prior generations. Employees of this generation hold different expectations regarding the centrality of work to their lives and bring different personalities and attitudes to the workforce. As the number of Millennials in the workforce grows each year, the divide between them and their older counterparts becomes more salient, posing unique challenges for organizational leaders. In this paper, we explore how these changes may force the need for reconsideration of five of the most frequently used leadership theories in an effort to understand important boundary conditions and how leadership research must evolve to keep pace with a changing workforce. © 2016 Elsevier Inc.

Language

english

Repository Citation

Anderson, H. J., Baur, J. E., Griffith, J. A., Buckley, M. R. (2017). What works for you may not work for (Gen)Me: Limitations of present leadership theories for the new generation. Leadership Quarterly, 28(1), 245-260.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2016.08.001