Research position paper

How Corporation and Colleges Adapt to what Millennials Want and Society Expectation on Gender Roles

Millennials are young adults born between 1981 and 2001; they are nearly 80 million of them in the United States according to the U.S Bureau of Statistics. Tech savvy and creativity characterize the generation. For this reason, there is the need for corporations and colleges to consider new ways of taking care of what this generation needs. Also, there is great importance to address the issue on society’s expectation on the gender roles. The millennial generation is practically taking all the roles no matter the gender. The following are some of the views and summaries that authors wrote on millennials and society’s expectation on the gender functions.

Dorment, Richard. Fatherhood Quotes from Men Juggling Work and the Home >>. 18 May 2013. 29 March 2016 < http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a22764/why- men-still-cant-have-it-all-0613/>.

Dorment Richard, the author of “why men still want to have it all” believes that frequent promotions, working at a convenient time and raise in pay is one motivating factor for millennial. He suggests that companies should adopt these policies to allow the millennials have time to pursue their personal interests and regularly paid on vacations. Dorment also says that corporation may not have to promote necessarily the millennials from one job group say A to B directly but use A1, A2 and A3 before reaching B as pay is raised. Dorment also talks about how millennials are handled at organizations; he says that employers are always finding ways to ensure that the policies are family friendly. However, the author talks about Marissa Mayer, who was against the work to office policy. gender roles and society expectation are another point of concern that Dorment talks about, in his article he says that some men complain of women earning more than them, this implies that they have taken the men’s role. However just like Slaughter, Dorment say that the society tries to divide the roles for women and men, more in particular on the career.

Slaughter, Anne-Marie. Why Women Still Can’t Have It All. July/August 2012. 29 March 2016 < http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-cant- have-it-all/309020/>.

Slaughter Anne-Marie, wrote why still women can’t have it all” has the following recommendation to organizing in retaining the millennials. First, the company has to inform them that their work matters even if they have to visit the department rarely, a second is to provide a flexible organization of work to enable them to spend time with families. Thirdly is by offering parental leave in a way that the individual does not feel insecure about the job. Slaughter adds that taking the interest in the career of the individual, engendering loyalty and leadership transformation can help organization retain millennials. The view of Slaughter is from the point that women still cannot have it all, regardless of what may seem to make them achieve what they want. Slaughter tells a story of how higher education puts women in uptick salary; therefore insist that colleges should offer higher education for millennials. Moreover, in the article, Slaughter talks about the society expectation on women, she talks a character who gave a speech, but few people did not appreciate her career; they thought it is men, and that she is supposed to take care of the family. It means that the society divides roles according to gender.

Tapscott, Don. Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation Is Changing Your World. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009. Internet resource.

Tapscott Don talks about the engagement of organizations in policies that addresses involve only one policy in the organization without discrimination for the generation of employees. The millennial generation is growing every day in the corporate world is looking for ways to engage them in different areas of work. Tapscott concludes that as much as the Millennials may seem too active with technology and other trends like fashion, engagement driver and threat should be made aware to these employees. The corporate should empower them through middles management system, being exposed to more flexible task and adopting new conditions. Tapscott also talks about how colleges should handle the millennials. Most colleges prepare their student to the level of expectation in the corporate world; the majority of the role is left to an organization to seek the most talented graduates. Tapscott also addresses another important topic on how the society perceives gender. He says that society view on sex roles varies and that every community has different expectation, part of which is clearly depicted at workplaces.

Kennedy, Gregor. Educating the Net Generation: A Handbook of Findings for Practice and Policy. Strawberry Hills, NSW: Australian Learning and Teaching Council, 2009. Print.

Kennedy Gregor observed that the so-called Generation Y or the millennial in America have been entering the workforce for the last 15 years. He said that a successful leader of today was aware of the similarities and differences between generations, and ways in which each would like to be engaged. Kennedy also says that the best way for the corporation to involve the millennials is by motivating them and making their work more significant and challenging than what boomers made. Kennedy talks about how colleges treat millennials; the fact is the system of education has changed, and technology is rising at a high rate. Educational institutions tend to adopt the modern methods including the internet and other technologies. Kennedy has same views as the above, on society’s expectation on gender roles. However, he says that some society still holds the definition of femaleness and maleness, particularly at workplaces.

Barak, Gregg, Paul Leighton, and Jeanne Flavin. Class, Race, Gender, and Crime: The Social Realities of Justice in America. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. Print.

Barak Gregg, Paul Leighton, and Jeanne Flavin are interesting authors who talk about the engagement of the Millennial in the corporate world. They encourage organization to satisfy the new generation to be creative, being given unusual position in the organization and being recognized in the corporate. It means giving them the sense to feel that they fit in the organization that is the only way make them feel engaged at work. Barak Gregg, Paul Leighton, and Jeanne Flavin talks of how colleges should integrate the how and why and what academic levels are passed to the millennials, for this reason, the need to expand the technology to fit them to the corporate world. Besides, the authors talk about expectation and gender roles, which is contrary to people’s perception. The latter might have a variety of influences that conflicts when one says that they do not feel at ease with his or her gender role, yet the society perceives them to be performing a particular activity.

Giddens, Anthony. Introduction to Sociology. , Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield 2016. Print.

Giddens Anthony view on millennials is that they have grown up in a more participatory and inclusive environment compared to the previous generations. He, therefore, encourages corporations to engage the millennial as leaders in the organization and train them towards task completion rather than the individual. Giddens further points out that during schooling the millennial did a lot of social activities and indication that engaging them will bear fruits and cut down conflicts that may arise due to leadership in the organization. Giddens addresses the ways in which colleges should handle millennials. he suggests the need for professors in colleges to adapt the psychological characteristic to that they can equip the generation Y. the latter crave for relevancy this means stimulation, less formality and more of screens. Giddens also addresses several issues concerning the perception and expectation of the society on gender roles. He insists that parents at early stages treat boys and girls differently, for example on behavior and attitude. Parents tend to cuddle girls more than boys; this is society’s expectation.

Ross, E W. The Social Studies Curriculum: Purposes, Problems, and Possibilities. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006. Internet resource.

Ross says that from the statistics done by the U.S Bureau of Labor and statistics, it is clear that Millennial will make up one-half of the workforce in the next five years. This means that there is the need for the organization to face leadership gap that would arise due to a combination of generation Y and retiring baby boomers. One way in which Ross recommends is for corporations to adjust their culture to appeal the Millenials, at the end it would be a mutually beneficial relationship. Ross supports the need to prepare millennials to be real decision makers as part of training in the colleges. Emphasis should also be on the passion and interest of the millennial. Ross also talks about gender role and the society. He gives a distinction of what the society expects from both men and women, for instance, men being agentic while women are communal.

Schmidt, John J. Social and Cultural Foundations of Counseling and Human Services: Multiple Influences on Self-Concept Development. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2006. Print.

There is the need for corporations to consider the other factors than compensation, to help millennials catch up with the activities of the company; this is what Schmidt John says in the book above. For instance, if organizations would make use of the talents and passions that millennials have this would mean they have the ability to retain them. Schmidt adds that about 15% of millennial usually prefer a pay cut at the corporation so long as it matches their ideals. Schmidt has similar views as the others above on ways that college can teach millennial. He says that Millennials are making their mark in higher education and that education institution should adopt the method. However, industries may have different views millennial are adapting very quickly to modern education. Schmidt talks about gender roles as the society expects as being descriptive and prescriptive. The descriptive functions as the author say are typical for men and women sex in the specific context while prescriptive roles tell them what is expected.

Works Cited

Barak, Gregg, Paul Leighton, and Jeanne Flavin. Class, Race, Gender, and Crime: The Social Realities of Justice in America. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. Print.

Giddens, Anthony. Introduction to Sociology. , Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield 2016. Print.

Kennedy, Gregor. Educating the Net Generation: A Handbook of Findings for Practice and Policy. Strawberry Hills, NSW: Australian Learning and Teaching Council, 2009. Print.

Ross, E W. The Social Studies Curriculum: Purposes, Problems, and Possibilities. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006. Internet resource.

Schmidt, John J. Social and Cultural Foundations of Counseling and Human Services: Multiple Influences on Self-Concept Development. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2006. Print.

Slaughter, Anne-Marie. Why Women Still Can’t Have It All. July/August 2012. 29 March 2016 <http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-cant-have-it-all/309020/>.

Tapscott, Don. Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation Is Changing Your World. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009. Internet resource.

Dorment, Richard. Fatherhood Quotes from Men Juggling Work and the Home >>. 18 May 2013. 29 March 2016 <http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a22764/why-men-still-cant-have-it-all-0613/>.