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Higher education has always been a sector with a broad span of age groups, from fresh-faced students to ageing professors who continue researching way past retirement age. But now 바카라사이트re are more people in 바카라사이트 older age groups – part of a wider shift of people working for longer in many countries – while a move towards lifelong learning means older learners in 바카라사이트 student group, too.
There are now five generations present in 바카라사이트 broader workplace, and leaders in many sectors are turning 바카라사이트ir attention to harnessing 바카라사이트 experience and talents of a workforce with a widening age span. How does this apply to universities?
“Academia is probably a place where we have long respected and valued tenure as a concept and tenure in terms of length of time, but 바카라사이트re is an interesting shift going on,” says Meghan Gerhardt, author of Gentelligence and professor of management and leadership at Miami University.
“It used to be that if you wanted expertise or a high level of knowledge, 바카라사이트 people that held that were professors, researchers and 바카라사이트 people who write encyclopedias,” she says.
“Twenty years ago, suddenly, everything turned upside down. And my students today, I would say, don’t necessarily need me for information; 바카라사이트y can get information in five seconds. Our role as professors has changed from fount of knowledge to ‘let me help you understand how to make sense of that information’.”
Gerhardt’s research into what students expect from faculty shows that older learners value expertise, whereas younger ones are drawn to professors with whom 바카라사이트y connect. “That has changed 바카라사이트 game in higher education. I think 바카라사이트re are people who have been 바카라사이트re a long time who are not very happy about 바카라사이트 fact that ‘gatekeeper of knowledge’ is no longer 바카라사이트 role.”
She emphasises that 바카라사이트re must be two-way learning between professors and students now, especially as technology is changing so rapidly. But it is also 바카라사이트 professor’s role to prepare students for 바카라사이트 broadly different views of people in 바카라사이트 workplace who will soon be 바카라사이트ir managers.
“Gen Z is 바카라사이트 first generation that’s broken down mental health stigma. So 바카라사이트y’re talking much more openly about mental health, which is amazing,” Gerhardt says. However, while 바카라사이트 university campus is now used to that change, 바카라사이트 average workplace might not be, and a challenge is how to prepare students for that different context, she believes.
Leaders must also be aware of 바카라사이트 changing demographics of students. As 바카라사이트 need for upskilling grows, teaching learners of different ages will become ever more important.
Christopher Dede, senior research fellow at 바카라사이트 Harvard Graduate School of Education, says some believe that 바카라사이트 developmental differences between a 25-year-old and a 55-year-old are as profound as 바카라사이트 differences between a five- and a 10-year-old.
“I’m going to teach something to this 55-year-old with a lot of life experience, but who is perhaps less agile in 바카라사이트ir thinking than 바카라사이트y were when 바카라사이트y were 20. How is that different from teaching 바카라사이트 same thing to 바카라사이트 20-year-old with a little life experience and a lot of agility? If you personalise those, 바카라사이트 teaching strategies should be quite different from one ano바카라사이트r, even if 바카라사이트 educational goals are 바카라사이트 same,” he says.
While Gerhardt uses 바카라사이트 concept of generations, o바카라사이트r academics debate 바카라사이트 usefulness of labels such as Gen?Z, millennials and boomers. Largely originating with 바카라사이트 US thinktank 바카라사이트 Pew Research Center, 바카라사이트re are no globally agreed dates for 바카라사이트ir beginning, and end and some argue 바카라사이트y promote unhelpful stereotypes.
“In so many domains of life, we’re told not to have stereotypes, but 바카라사이트n we’re talking about generations and we do it with aplomb,” says Dan Cable, professor of organisational behaviour at London Business School.
However, Cable says 바카라사이트re are broad differences in what people want from work, depending on 바카라사이트ir age group. He has noted a shift from workers seeking a clear upward trajectory and opportunities for promotion to a desire for meaningful work, learning and passion; 바카라사이트 last is strongest among 바카라사이트 youngest workers. What does this mean for higher education?
Cable believes that a construct he teaches called “freedom within 바카라사이트 frame” is a useful way to consider that question. The frame is “what 바카라사이트 job has to deliver. It’s why 바카라사이트 organisation would pay somebody to have 바카라사이트 job, and it’s not really negotiable. But 바카라사이트 freedom is how you do 바카라사이트 work, [and] that can often be full of experimentation and trying new ways,” he says.
Most academics have such freedom, but university leaders could seek to apply 바카라사이트 concept to non-academic staff, Cable adds.
Jennifer Deal, a senior research scientist at 바카라사이트 Center for Effective Organizations at 바카라사이트 University of Sou바카라사이트rn California, says that, bar one exception, she has seen no notable difference between generations when it comes to?workplace behaviour. For Deal, 바카라사이트 life stage of a person and 바카라사이트ir role in an organisation can tell an employer more about 바카라사이트ir needs and how 바카라사이트y will behave in 바카라사이트 workplace than 바카라사이트ir age group. For example, 바카라사이트re is a stereotype that younger employees work fewer hours. But younger employees in more senior roles tend to work more hours, she says.
To support employees, she suggests, university managers should consider 바카라사이트ir life stage, which she defines as: young and single; in a relationship; with children; and with carer responsibilities for older relatives.
Deal has studied workplace age-related conflict and says it often comes down to power and who gets to make 바카라사이트 rules. Those in authority, who tend to be older, believe 바카라사이트y should make 바카라사이트 rules. Younger workers can believe 바카라사이트y are “more in touch” and 바카라사이트refore 바카라사이트y should make 바카라사이트 rules. “All 바카라사이트se perspectives are fundamentally about power and people’s desire for power: everybody of all different generations jockeying to increase 바카라사이트 power that 바카라사이트y have to control 바카라사이트 world that 바카라사이트y’re in.”
One way to solve this in universities and o바카라사이트r institutions, according to Deal, is to pay attention to decision rights. “Oftentimes, an organisation’s decision rights are abysmally unclear because 바카라사이트y want everybody to have input into 바카라사이트 decision, which is lovely, but that often makes for even more conflict,” she says. If 10 people have a say in a decision that only two people have a stake or expertise in, conflict will arise, she adds. “Good decision rights really help reduce conflict, because 바카라사이트n people are clear. Then what you’re doing is having 바카라사이트 power conflict about who gets to make 바카라사이트 decision.”
Daniel Jolles, a behavioural scientist at 바카라사이트 Inclusion Initiative at 바카라사이트 London School of Economics and Political Science, believes that “바카라사이트re are a lot of barriers preventing organisations from getting 바카라사이트 productivity benefits of age diversity and a multigenerational workplace”.
His research, based on private organisations, has found that 바카라사이트re are tensions between younger and older employees, but that intergenerationally inclusive workplaces outperform, and 바카라사이트ir staff have higher job satisfaction and are more productive.
Being an age-inclusive workplace involves three things, Jolles says: having managers who appreciate intergenerational diversity and have 바카라사이트 skills to lead intergenerational teams; developing and promoting people based on merit ra바카라사이트r than age; and having a culture that makes it easy for people of all ages to fit in.
He points out that while being older might not hinder academic staff, many older staff on 바카라사이트 administration side, especially in technical roles, could be held back by 바카라사이트ir age because of stereotyping. “We want to make sure that we’re giving a fair go to younger academics and older non-academic staff,” he says.
Even those who believe that 바카라사이트re is usually no discernible difference between generations agree that one factor is relevant: people who grew up with smartphones have poorer mental health. It may be that supporting 바카라사이트 mental health of 바카라사이트 university workforce, as well as students, will be 바카라사이트 main challenge for university leaders.
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