China's generation y: Understanding the workforce

Erdong Zhao, Liwei Liu*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

China's Generation Y, the future leader and backbone of the China's workforce, is a generation of approximately 204 million people born between 1980 and 1989. Growing up in the age of economic boom, technology development, educational availability and under the special care of parents, China's Gen Y illuminates important questions not only about China's future but also those of the United States and the global economy, yet even after The Reform Era in China, little is known about China's Generation Y. In this article, China's Generation Y workforce will be identified, their characteristics, challenges to the present management be analyzed, the management techniques for bring out the Best in Generation Y be suggested.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, ICMIT
Pages612-616
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, ICMIT - Bangkok, Thailand
Duration: 21 Sept 200824 Sept 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, ICMIT

Conference

Conference4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, ICMIT
Country/TerritoryThailand
CityBangkok
Period21/09/0824/09/08

Keywords

  • China
  • Generation Y
  • Management

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