workforces. Yet a new study from the Australian School of Business

covering four generational cohorts in five countries shows significant

differences in work values exist between age groups. Members of

Generation Y may be technologically adept, but their focus on leisure

strongly conflicts with Traditionalists' and Baby Boomers' hard-work

ethics. Adaptability is required all round. Some companies are actually

leveraging generational differences. And when initiatives are designed

to appeal to the "work-is-not-my-life" young ones, often more seasoned

colleagues also opt to get with the program.