Date of Graduation
5-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
Nursing
Advisor/Mentor
Lee, Peggy
Committee Member/Reader
Rogers, Tyler
Abstract
The entrance of the Millennial generation into the nursing workforce signifies a bright future for the nursing profession and the nursing workforce. This study began with a current review of available research that identified the Millennial generation and their views toward job satisfaction and work engagement, as compared with Baby Boomer and Generation X nurses.
PubMed, CINAHL Complete, and Google Scholar databases were employed to find 15 peer-reviewed articles for evaluation. The research findings suggest that Millennial nurses have lower rates of job satisfaction and work engagement, compared to nurses of older generations. Overall, the extracted data results were significant enough to warrant the conclusion that Millennial nurses are not more likely to find job satisfaction and work engagement than nurses of older generations. However, research results indicate that Baby Boomer and Generation X nurses can actively involve Millennial nurses in the work team and support their attributes and skills. These measures will support and increase the rates of Millennial’s view of job satisfaction and work engagement. Moreover, by increasing the rates of job satisfaction and work engagement in Millennial nurses, retention rates will correspondingly increase.
Future research studies could possibly benefit from separating the Millennial generation into subgroups to better disseminate the variety of ideas and preferences that might result from generations that span 20 years. Additionally, these implications for future research will allow for more specific data to be extracted to be used to improve job satisfaction and work engagement rates for Millennial nurses and future generations of nurses.
Keywords
Millennial generation, Baby Boomer, Generation X, job satisfaction, work engagement
Citation
Clonch, S. (2021). The Changing Face in the Workplace: The Arrival of the Millennial Generation. The Eleanor Mann School of Nursing Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/nursuht/152
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