Examining Millennials Reshaping Organizational Cultures: From Theory to Practice

In From Theory to Practice: Examining Millennials Reshaping Organizational Cultures, contributors to the collection focus on several interrelated issues. They examine the ways in which the members of the millennial generation influence how we work and communicate with our millennial students, colleagues and employees. They also elaborate on how to create work-life balance for the members of the millennial generation and explore ways in which millennials can be open and responsive to others in a society who don’t necessarily share the values, political views or desires of the millennial generation, nor the ways in which they prefer to communicate. This collection engages in a scholarly dialogue about millennials and how their actions within the workplace and needs within organizational cultures and everyday performances influence our communication with them. With equal importance, it addresses the question of how millennials can become more adaptable in their communication with others in society, especially within organizations with different generations, or cultures that may or may not communicate the way they do. Contributors suggest that the millennial culture should be carefully studied by employers, instructors, and researchers to create a better workplace experience, and to also improve the level of communication among different generations in the workplace.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Millennials’ Accounts of and Reactions to Intergenerational Communication in the Workplace Chapter 2: Productivity and Multitasking-Millennials Reshaping Culture in Public Relations Agencies Chapter 3: Organizational Socialization of Millennial Nonprofit Workers Chapter 4: Millennial Generations: How Millennials Provide a Discursive Opening Amidst Colonization of the Lifeworld Chapter 5: Social Networking Democracy Chapter 6: Millennials Managing Projects Within Organizational Cultures: Keys to Success Chapter 7: Millennial Organizing for Help and Support: Hashtag Work-Life Balance Chapter 8: The Role of Millennial Students in Shaping the Digital Learning Culture in Higher Education Chapter 9: Millennials and the Structuration of Work and Life Chapter 10: Embracing Millennials in Higher Education: Examining Dialectics and Creating Pedagogical Strategies for Teaching Millennials Chapter 11: Millennial Cultural Transitions: Higher Education Experience as an Expectation for Workplace Culture Chapter 12: Diverse Millennials and Organizational Change

About the Author :
Mary Z. Ashlock is associate professor of communication at the University of Louisville. Ahmet Atay is associate professor of communication and chair of the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department at the College of Wooster.