Introduction: A population that can live and work longer has resulted in a wider range of generations being active in the workplace simultaneously and the diverse multi-generational work environment is a new challenge for human resource management. The most recent generation that is entering the job market is Generation Y, which is also referred to as Millennials. Currently, organizations and Human Resource departments are facing the issue of Generation Y entering the workforce and the issue at hand is considered to be real. The main focus in this paper is Generation Y and how their work attitudes in the workplace differ or resembles that of the previous generations. Purpose: With this research we want to primarily establish and present our observation of the differences in Generation Y and preceding generations’ work attitudes occurring in multi-generational workplaces, and later evaluate to what extent it is present in the work environment of the chosen business sectors in Sweden. Method: This thesis major applies the deductive approach. Both primary data and secondary data were collected during the research. Primary data was collected through interviews and the secondary data was gathered from Internet resources, books, published articles and journals. Conclusion: The differences between the generations’ work attitude are present within all of the aspects of work attitudes studied excluding individual vs. team orientation where the data was conflicting. Differences in some aspects were more and the potential to cause clash was noticeable and in other aspects there were less differences or personal factors found to be more important than generational factors.

Abstract The main aim of this study was to investigate if four humour styles, affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive, and self-defeating humour can be related to all five dimensions of the Big Five Factor Model of personality and study if gender has any influence on those relation-ships. A survey questionnaire was distributed among 72 individuals from Kalmar County, in the South-east of Sweden. There were 42 women and 30 men. A humour test questionnaire, Humour Scale Questionnaire (HSQ), with 32 items was used and the Big Five Factor test with 40 items was used for personality test. The results showed that men have a more aggressive humour than women and that the older we get the less affiliative and self-enhancing humour we have. There was no correlation between age and defeat humour style. When it comes to personality it turned out that women are more goal oriented and more open as well as nicer than men. Women are also more extrovert and they have a tendency to feel unpleasant emo-tions more easily than men.

Using meta-analysis, the current paper reveals a modest difference between Black and White employees in terms of job satisfaction (d = -0.13; k = 65; N = 29,560). Several potential moderators of this relationship were investigated, but only two were supported: the proportion of Black employees in the organization and historical time period (i.e., year of publication and year of data collection). Specifically, Black employees tend to be relatively more satisfied when their proportional representation is larger and White employees have tended to be relatively more satisfied than Black employees over the years, with maximal White advantage occurring at the present day. This study further attempts to investigate race effects on job satisfaction through mediational analysis, with job complexity as the mediator. This analysis at the individual level does not support job complexity as a mediator. Further analyses involving race and job complexity at the job level of analysis show promise but are not fleshed out in detail. Results are discussed in light of both the job characteristics model and frame-of-reference (Cornell model) explanations for the origin of job satisfaction.

Interview is the most frequently-used method of selection in present enterprises. In order to select suitable employees, there will be at least two phases of interviews in which both of line managers and hr specialists are interviewers. There is no existing literature discussing about the differences between their behaviors during interviews. This study is mainly focused on those differences between interview questions asked by line managers and hr specialists in a cooperative interview. Besides, this study also analyses relevant factors which have impacts on effectiveness of interviews and corporation. This study uses dyadic questionnaires to collect empirical data and the author selects both line managers and hr specialists to answer the dyadic questionnaires. To increase validity of data, there is a limitation on the process of sample selection. Only those line managers from manufacture department or business divisions which are the major profit resource in enterprises can answer the questionnaires. 180 dyadic questionnaires were sent, and 114 valid questionnaires were responded. The valid response rate was 63.33%. Using independent-sample T test, one-way ANOVA and two-way ANOVA, the results are shown as below, 1.The effectiveness of interviews is irrelevant to interview training, interview period and interview check list. 2.There is no difference between interview questions asked by line managers and hr specialists. 3.There is no significant influence on interview questions between line managers and hr specialists by interview training, interviewer¡¦s interview experience and method of interview cooperation. 4.The effectiveness of cooperation is not influenced by interview training and interviewers¡¦ interview experiences either.

<p>Abstract</p><p>The main aim of this study was to investigate if four humour styles, affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive, and self-defeating humour can be related to all five dimensions of the Big Five Factor Model of personality and study if gender has any influence on those relation-ships. A survey questionnaire was distributed among 72 individuals from Kalmar County, in the South-east of Sweden. There were 42 women and 30 men. A humour test questionnaire, Humour Scale Questionnaire (HSQ), with 32 items was used and the Big Five Factor test with 40 items was used for personality test. The results showed that men have a more aggressive humour than women and that the older we get the less affiliative and self-enhancing humour we have. There was no correlation between age and defeat humour style. When it comes to personality it turned out that women are more goal oriented and more open as well as nicer than men. Women are also more extrovert and they have a tendency to feel unpleasant emo-tions more easily than men.</p>

Thesis (MA)--University of Montana, 2009. / Contents viewed on November 30, 2009. Title from author supplied metadata. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.W.)--York University, 1999. Graduate Programme in Social Work. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-105). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pMQ39226.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2000. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xiii, 325 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-144).

Thesis (Ph.D)--Virginia Commonwealth University, 2009. / Prepared for: Dept. of Psychology. Title from title-page of electronic thesis. Bibliography: leaves 147-173.

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-82).