The Management Lab

As more members of Gen Z enter the workforce, organizations need to understand how to effectively manage this new cohort of employees. In this episode, we discuss the challenges that managers may face when managing Gen Z employees and provide strategies for how to effectively manage and motivate them.

Some of the topics we will cover are:

What factors differentiate Gen Z from previous generations of employees?

What do Gen Zers look for in their ideal workplace?

How can organizations effectively manage inter-generational conflicts?

What leadership styles are best suited to manage Gen Zers?

The papers we discuss are:

Applebaum et al (2022) A Study of Generational Conflicts in the Workplace. European Journal of Business and Management Research.

Schroth (2019) Are you Ready for Gen Z in the Workplace? California Management Review.

Pichler et al (2021) DITTO for Gen Z: A framework for leveraging the uniqueness of the new generation. Business Horizons.

Gabrielova & Buchko (2021) Here comes Generation Z: Millennials as managers. Business Horizons.

Grow & Yang (2018) Generation-Z Enters the Advertising Workplace: Expectations Through a Gendered Lens. Journal of Advertising Education.

Maloni et al (2019) Understanding the work values of Gen Z business students. The International Journal of Management Education.

In this episode, we’re discussing the rise of remote work and how companies and employees are adapting to this new way of working. We'll examine current academic research to explore the benefits and challenges of remote work, and provide insights and tips for companies and individuals looking to make the most of this new era of work.

 

Some of the questions we’ll answer are:

Does working from home increase job satisfaction and productivity?

How is being on camera during online meetings affect employee burnout?

Are women particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of WFH?

How does having a remote workforce impact organizations’ ability to innovate?

 

Papers we discuss in this episode are:

Brucks, M. S., & Levav, J. (2022) Virtual communication curbs creative idea generation. Nature, 605(7908), 108–112.

Chatterjee, S., Chaudhuri, R., & Vrontis, D. (2022). Does remote work flexibility enhance organization performance? Moderating role of organization policy and top management support. Journal of Business Research, 139, 1501–1512.

Leroy, S., Schmidt, A. M., & Madjar, N. (2021). Working from home during COVID-19: A study of the interruption landscape. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106(10), 1448–1465.

Shockley, K. M., Allen, T. D., Dodd, H., & Waiwood, A. M. (2021). Remote worker communication during COVID-19: The role of quantity, quality, and supervisor expectation-setting. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106(10), 1466–1482.

Shockley, K. M., Gabriel, A. S., Robertson, D., Rosen, C. C., Chawla, N., Ganster, M. L., & Ezerins, M. E (2021). The fatiguing effects of camera use in virtual meetings: A within-person field experiment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106(8), 1137–1155.

Wu, Y., Antone, B., Srinivas, A., DeChurch, L., & Contractor, N. (2021). Teamwork in the time of COVID-19: Creating, dissolving, and reactivating network ties in response to a crisis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106(10), 1483–1492.

Algorithms are increasingly prevalent in our daily lives, but many people still distrust of them. In this episode, we discuss what algorithmic aversion is, why it occurs, and what we can do to build trust in algorithms.