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Archive for January 16th, 2009

Can't We All Just Get Along – Part 3

A Look At Work Relationships And Generation Gaps
By Paul H. Stein and Ettore Berardinelli

As we discussed in part one and two of the previous “Getting Along In The Work Place” articles, sometimes we just don’t understand our co-workers. The culprit is often the simple fact that we don’t appreciate the difference in generations and the values they have acquired while growing up. Remember “values”, as previously discussed, are beliefs that come from aspects in a person’s background. These factors include; where they grew up, their family and friends, their socio-economic status, etc. These factors create values that shape how a person looks at the world and reacts to it.
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