Intergenerational Cooperation at the Workplace from the Management Perspective

Živa  Veingerl Čič; Simona Šarotar Žižek

Živa Veingerl Čič
Simona Šarotar Žižek

Keywords: employees, generation, intergenerational cooperation, intergenerational learning

Abstract

The labor market is currently experiencing employees of four generations. Each generation has different behavior patterns, attitudes, expectations, habits, and motivational mechanisms. As generational gaps play an important role in the business process, organizations have to find ways to balance the needs and views of different age groups. To overcome the negative outcomes arising from generational differences and to use the strengths of each generation, the implementation of comprehensive and proactive model of intergenerational cooperation, presented in the paper, is becoming the necessity for each organization because of the benefits.

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Author Biographies

Živa Veingerl Čič

University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Slovenia
E-mail. zivana.veingerl1@um.si

MSc Živa Veingerl Čič is PhD student and researcher. She has more than 20 years of experience in business sector in the field of marketing, communication, consulting, lecturing, and human resource management. She is the author and/or co-author of several scientific articles and/or active participant at scientific and professional conferences. She is currently upgrading her practical knowledge with science, preparing her PhD thesis in the field of human resource management. She is actively involved in research projects and works as a researcher at the Faculty of Economics and Business Maribor.

Simona Šarotar Žižek

University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Slovenia
E-mail: simona.sarotar-zizek@um.si

PhD Simona Šarotar Žižek is an assistant professor at the University of Maribor’s Faculty of Economic and business. She holds a PhD in economic and business sciences. She has permanently completed her theoretical knowledge by practical work and career development in the Slovenian company Mura d. d. She joined University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business in 2007 as an assistant professor in the field of human resource management. She is author or co-author of articles in several international and Slovenian journals and scientific and expert conferences. She is also the main leader of many international projects.

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