Essays on Generation X

Sam McRoberts in his article focus on cognitive biases, which are more likely to impact the life of the millennials. According to Sam, cognitive biases are not innately generational, and thus individuals from a given generation have a low probability of experiencing the cognitive biases of another group. Sam notes...

Population aging refers to increasing median age of a region’s population contributed by rising expectancy and declining fertility rates (Kulik et al, 2014). There has been an exponential growth of the aging population in Australia over the decades driven by remarkable advances in birth control, medicine, and healthcare. However, its...

Karen k. Myers " Kamyab Sadaghiani (2010).Millennial in the workplace: A communication Perspective on Millenials’ organizational Relationships and Performance. Journal of Business and Psychology, 25(2), 225-238.doi: 10.1007/s10869-010-9172-7 Stance: Pro-millennial Authors credentials: A leader who has managed to create a friendly working environment between the supervisors and the millennial at work Intended Audience: Different...

This generation expects houses to be technology integrated. Therefore, the houses should have wireless home networks, and more importantly, the houses should be functioning as a unified system rather than having a separate cooling and heating, sprinkler, and entertainment system. This generation also prefers to purchase small houses that are affordable,...

Social Media and its Impact on Society Social media revolutionized the way we communicate as a society and is the focus of a 2014 PBS documentary titled Generation Like. The video explores the power of social communities as well as the impact that they have on the development of teenagers growing...

This research paper reviews the evolution of the patient-doctor relationship; it mainly focuses on the possible factors that have caused the shifting of this relationship. Many patients are not satisfied with the relationship that they have with their doctors, possible factors could be the gap between generations, medical technological advancement,...

Admittedly, the world is experiencing a generational overhaul as people continue ageing every day. With modernization as the dominant driving force of the generational change, many aspects of life remain unsettled due to the changing preferences and traditions with each coming generation. The dawning of a new age implies that...

In the article narrated by Jean M. Twenge, she tries to persuade the audience with a few arguments as to why smartphones have destroyed today’s children. Specifically Jean states that the introduction of the iPhone in 2007, and when high schools were given the iPads in 2010, she coins that...

Causes of Generational Distrust There can be distrust between generations which can be caused by different factors. The social trust among the millennials is not the same as the trust they have with the older generations. There is some distrust which is evident in the between people from different generations since...

In the current world just as the previous generations were credited for; people are in constant search of body parts to poke holes and make them part of their life. This art of poking holes is highly adhered by the millennial and it provides ways for one to express him....

Distinct Generations Distinct generations, that is - the Baby Boomers, Generation X and Millennials, hold different values, ideas, ways of doing things as well as communicating to each other. Millennials and Technology Millennials - also known as Generation Y - a cohort born in 80s/90s, is a generation that has been characterized by...

Generational Differences in Professional Communication Nowadays, a workplace in all industries and institutions is made up of five generations which are the traditionalists, baby boomers, generation x, millennials, and iGen. The preference in the types of professional communications used by people from the generations varies due to their experience in the...