Millennials are a generation mentioned frequently both in research and in popular media. Popular media often describes the millennials as disloyal, sensitive and difficult. The scholarly research regarding millennials is largely based on generation cohort, which is a concept that each generation has specific characteristics. These stereotypes have actual consequences on organizations and society. This thesis uses generational cohort theory, applied it to millennial engineers in Sweden. A study by Kultalahti and Viitala (2014) investigated job satisfaction for millennials by applying Herzberg two–model theory. Herzberg two–model theory explains that two factors exist for job satisfaction, one factor which is motivational factor which increase job satisfaction. The second factor which is described as hygiene factors can only lower job dissatisfaction. This thesis will be based on the work  by Kultalahti and Viitala (2014) but will focus on millennial engineers in Sweden. The thesis will investigate millennial stereotype applied to engineers in Sweden. The thesis will include a literature review which contains relevant theories regarding millennials, job satisfaction and other motivational theories. The data collection is done by conducting 20 interviews with millennial engineers working in Sweden. The results indicated that the millennial engineers conform to some stereotypes but not all. The respondents value salary, flexibility and work–life balance which can all be connected to existing stereotypes. The thesis investigates job satisfaction and the results can be used as an insight for organizations on how to further understand job satisfaction for millennial engineers.

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This study examined the characteristics and predictors of Millennial alumni who donated financially to their alma mater and those who did not by reviewing data from the Alumni Attitude Survey (AAS). The data set was composed of 2,108 Millennial respondents and 1,110 as Generation X respondents. This study can help university foundation and alumni association staff members to determine why their donors, specifically Millennial alumni, give to their institution and how to be more effective in requesting for a financial donation from them. Generating consistent support from alumni and other donors is an economic necessity for postsecondary institutions. As current students graduate, institutions need to know how they can entice these alumni to provide financial support. This dissertation fills the gap in the literature by providing new research on the effect Millennial student involvement has on the likelihood they will become donors to their alma mater. This dissertation used Astin's (1984) involvement theory as a foundation for the research. The connection that alumni have with their alma maters and the outcome of donations after graduation may stem from the connections that these alumni established while involved in activities as undergraduates. Astin's involvement theory provides some insights into identifying the experiences that help to inspire alumni to donate financially and helps institutions identify and devise new ways of using these experiences to help increase donations. The positive emotional experiences from undergraduate involvement may be motivation to donate to one's alma mater. This study identified the involvement characteristics of undergraduate Millennial alumni donors, the differences between these donors and nondonors, and predictors of undergraduate Millennial alumni donor behavior. This study focused on the potential relationship between involvement and student satisfaction and subsequently, found statistically significant variables that influenced Millennial alumni to donate to their alma mater. Specifically, Millennial alumni who were involved in organizations that relate to peer involvement; such as fraternity/sorority involvement, participation in intramural athletics, community service, residence halls participation, and the alma mater providing or encouraging relationships with other students, encouraging the attendance at athletic events, providing student leadership opportunities and providing opportunities to interact with alumni relate to one donating to their alma mater. These variables were statistically significant, but they were also practically significant, meaning that the findings do make a difference in helping to identify factors that lead to Millennial alumni to donate to their alma mater. The findings in this dissertation reiterate the importance of student engagement on the campus. An institution's faculty and staff involvement with undergraduates, specifically those staff who work directly with student organizations, are vital for student engagement that lead to graduation and future donations as an alumnus.

The millennial generation is said to consist of all those born between the years of 1978 and 1996. The majority has come of age and has the ability to be active participants in the political community. For the past three elections they have been the democratic party biggest supporters. In the 2008 presidential election 68% of all Millennial voters voted for Barack Obama. Millennials are also reporting to be less religious and more spiritual. They are attending religious services less frequently and identify with religious denominations less often. Throughout American history, religion is known to have an effect on political ideologies. So with Millennials religiosity changing, does their religiosity have any effect on their political ideology? The purpose of my research is to examine the religious ideologies of Millennials and see how they are affecting their political ideologies. To collect my data I have surveyed 380 Millennials. I choose to take a quantitative approach to this research project and use statistics as the basis of my analysis. My research is important to my discipline as well as my society because it closes the gaps between existing research of the Millennial generation. This research also contributes to literature because it is important to understand the political and religious views of the upcoming generation. Millennials have the ability to make huge political statements, and their decisions, attitudes, and behavior will significantly impact the future of the United States.

Research on heavy metal music has traditionally been framed by deviant characterizations, effects on audiences, and the validity of criticism. More recently, studies have neglected content analysis due to perceived homogeneity in themes, despite evidence that the modern genre is distinct from its past. As lyrical patterns are strong markers of genre, this study attempts to characterize heavy metal in the 21st century by analyzing lyrics for specific themes and perspectives. Citing evidence that the “Millennial” generation confers significant developments to popular culture, the contemporary genre is termed “Millennial heavy metal” throughout, and the study is framed accordingly. Utilizing prominent metal albums from the 2000-2009 decade, 250 randomly selected songs are analyzed for the inclusion of 115 different themes and their contextual usage. The frequency of each theme is then ranked by prevalence in order to illustrate common focus in the genre. Results showed that themes of death, storytelling, violence, and social commentary prevail; overall, accentuated topics and their usage point to an aptitude for confronting tenebrous realities and personal attempts to understand them. Characteristic connections between Millennial metal and the Millennial generation are also noted through emphasized individuality, social awareness, and civil liberalism

This study proposes that Revelation 19:11-21 and 20:1-6 are cohesively linked with each other. The major implication for this is that the millennial binding of Satan (20:1-3) and the millennial vindication of the saints (20:4-6) are consequent effects of Christ’s victory at the eschatological battle (19:11-21). Christ’s Parousia then is the occasion for the punishment of the millennial binding of Satan and the reward of the coterminous millennial reign of the saints. Scholars who disconnect 20:1-6 from 19:11— 21 recapitulate the millennial binding of Satan and the vindication of the saints as the interadvent period. Consequently, this non-sequential interpretation breaks John's unified, cohesive message by creating a new semantic environment at 20:1. The millennial contextual setting, however, does not begin at the chapter break, where many interpreters inevitably place it. Rather than disrupting the cohesion by building a semantic wall between 19:11-21 and 20:1-6, John chooses linguistic resources that signal a semantic thread of continuity. This study models Halliday and Hasan's Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) theory of cohesion, a robust linguistic theoretical framework for discourse analysis. The analysis focuses on two types of textual meanings within SFL. The first type, adapted in this study for Hellenistic Greek, is Ruqaiya Hasan’s Cohesive Harmony Analysis (CHA), a tool that identifies semantic relations such as cohesive devices as ties, cohesive chains, and chain interactions. This model quantifiably measures the degree of a reader’s perception of coherence in Rev 19:11— 20:6. The second type oftextual meaning devoted to the latter half ofthe study is the discourse analytical tool ofInformation Flow (IF). It is an exegetical tool that analyzes a further dimension of cohesion concerned with thematization and prominence, locating lexicogrammatical resources in the ranks of clause, sentence, paragraph, section, and the broader co-text of the discourse, in this case, the book of Revelation. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

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Yes / Whilst previous studies indicate perceived company ethicality as a driver of job seekers’ job-pursuit intentions, it is poorly understood how and why ethical market signals actually affect their application decisions. Perceptions of company ethicality result from market signals that are either within the control of the company (e.g. ethical certifications) and from market signals that are beyond the company’s control (e.g. ethical eWoM). Building on communication and information processing theories, this study therefore considers both types of ethical market signals, and examines the psychological mechanisms through which they affect job seekers’ intention to apply for a job. The results from a controlled online experiment show that both types of ethical market signals increase job seekers’ job-pursuit intentions. These relationships are mediated by applicants’ attitude towards the job advertisement, their perceptions of corporate employment image and self-referencing. Consequently, the present study alerts practitioners to consider the effects of company-controlled and non-company-controlled ethical market signals, particularly when aiming to recruit highly-qualified millennial candidates.

Employment figures and population demographics indicate that Baby Boomers (1946-1964) hold a small and shrinking share of school principalships. The oldest Baby Boomer principals began to retire during the middle of the 1990s, and their void created an opportunity for younger Baby Boomers and members of Generation X (1965-1981) to replace them. The youngest Baby Boomer principals are beginning to retire, and Millennial Generation (1982-2000) administrators are stepping up to fill the ranks. Millennial Generation educators have been in the field long enough to develop the requisite classroom teaching experience, graduate school master's level education, and training needed to obtain administrative positions. Principals develop their leadership skills through the assistant principal experience, and because Millennials are a relatively new addition to the ranks of assistant principals, little is known about their perceptions' of the challenges and rewards of the principalship. Generational differences between Generation Xers and Baby Boomers have been investigated by other researchers, but this study was unique because it directly compared Generation X and Millennial Generation assistant principals. The study explored Generation X and Millennial Generation assistant principals' perceptions of the challenges and rewards of the principalship. This qualitative study involved 12 assistant principal participants, and the analysis of the coded interview transcript data produced major coded themes with valuable implications regarding the participants' motivations, career ambitions, professional development needs, and their perceptions' of the principalship. This study indicated that Generation X and Millennial Generation assistant principals have distinct similarities and differences, and school division superintendents who understand the generational differences may make more informed leadership and personnel decisions about their future principals. The findings and implications were intended to assist superintendents and personnel/human resource directors in their efforts to recruit, select, support, and ultimately promote Generation X and Millennial Generation assistant principals to the principalship. The findings of this study suggested opportunities for researchers to continue the investigation of the topic. / Ed. D.