Past research suggests that Gen Xers define a ‘real job’ as a full-time, high-paying, enjoyable position with regularly scheduled hours, whereas a new study of millennials generated a more negative set of connotations: Participants associated the phrase with the terms ‘boring,’ ‘scary,’ ‘stressful’ and ‘life sucking,’ say Amy O’Connor of the University of Minnesota and Amber N.W. Raile of Montana State University. With high levels of education, millennials in the US are experiencing significant underemployment.

(Source: Management Communication Quarterly)

Published in Dawn, Economic & Business, June 29th, 2015

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