Value Systems of Various Generations

• Authors: Katarzyna Gadomska-Lila

Title variants

PL

Systemy wartości pracowników różnych pokoleń

• Languages of publication: EN PL

Abstracts

EN

This study attempts to describe the value systems of four generations of employees—Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y, and Generation Z—as well as to identify differences and similarities between values that are appreciated by them. Moreover, it presents a discussion on the essence and role of values in human life, a comparison of results of domestic and foreign research on differences among value systems, especially work–related values, and, finally, the results of an own study conducted applying qualitative methods. The analyses confirmed that there are many significant differences among the value systems of different generations of employees, but similarities, too. This underlines the importance of being familiar with these differences with respect to human resource management, creating working conditions, and choosing leadership style.

PL

W artykule dokonano charakterystyki systemów wartości czterech pokoleń pracowników – pokolenia wyżu powojennego, pokoleń X, Y, Z oraz identyfikacji różnic i podobieństw w zakresie cenionych wartości. Przeprowadzono dyskusję dotyczącą istoty i roli wartości w życiu jednostki, następnie zestawiono wyniki krajowych i zagranicznych badań dotyczących różnic między pokoleniami w zakresie wartości, w tym wartości związanych z pracą, oraz zaprezentowano wyniki badań własnych, zrealizowanych z wykorzystaniem metod jakościowych. Przeprowadzone analizy potwierdziły istnienie wielu istotnych różnic (ale i podobieństw) w systemach wartości pracowników różnych pokoleń i podkreśliły znaczenie wiedzy na ten temat w procesach zzl.

Keywords

EN

values; value system; generation; Baby Boomers; Generation X; Generation Y; Generation Z

PL

wartości; system wartości; pokolenie; pokolenie wyżu powojennego; pokolenie X; pokolenie Y; pokolenie Z

• Publisher: Institute of Labor and Social Studies, Warsaw
• Journal: Zarządzanie Zasobami Ludzkimi
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 2(133) "Intergenerational Human Capital Management in Organizations" [Zarządzanie międzygeneracyjnym kapitałem ludzkim w organizacjach]
• Pages: 27-40
• Document type: article

Dates

published

2020-04-15

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Gadomska-Lila

• Institute of Management of the University of Szczecin

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Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0014.0731