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Innov Aging
Innov Aging
innovateage
Innovation in Aging
2399-5300 Oxford University Press US 

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2940
igaa057.2940
Abstracts
Session 7500 (Symposium)
AcademicSubjects/SOC02600
How Do Employers Span the Generations?
Rudolph Cort  
Saint Louis University, St Louis, Iowa, United States
2020 
16 12 2020 
16 12 2020 
4 Suppl 1 Program Abstracts from The GSA 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting “Turning 75: Why Age Matters”809 809
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America.2020This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Abstract
The concepts of “generations” and “generational differences” are nearly ubiquitous phenomena. Organizational policy makers often face questions about the purported influence of generations and differences assumed to exist between them for a variety of issues. Given the sheer volume of work dedicated to the topic, both academic and in the popular press, it can be difficult to parse correct from incorrect answers to such questions. In the present article, we pose and answer 10 common questions about generations and generational differences in an attempt to “clear the air” about common thinking, (mis)conceptions, and myths surrounding these phenomena. We offer this work with the goal of clarifying the truth about generations and generational differences, with an eye toward helping organizational policy makers navigate the complexities of these issues and making better decisions about the (assumed) role that generations play across different contexts.