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Millennials And The Increasing Use Of Social Media: Impact On The Employee Life Cycle, Sarah M. Pryor
Millennials And The Increasing Use Of Social Media: Impact On The Employee Life Cycle, Sarah M. Pryor
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The millennial generation is a generation of society that values technology, media, and connections, all three being equally important. This paper studies and theorizes the implications that social media has had on the workplace throughout the employee life cycle and how the traditional processes of this cycle have been altered. In the workforce, this aspect of the employee life cycle incorporates all different stages an employee goes through. From networking to being hired, to forming connections with co-workers, to working hard and performing well, to being fired, social media has impacted each stage of this cycle. Social media is a …
"I Never Expected This": Expectancy Violations And Stress In Millennials, Sarah Pogue
"I Never Expected This": Expectancy Violations And Stress In Millennials, Sarah Pogue
Honors Theses
Millennials are said to be the most stressed out age group in the United States (Coccia, & Darling, 2016). Between general life stressors and the new stress that has emerged due to the increase in technology and social communication, millennials are simply overloaded with stress from all angles. In order to communicate and make sense of this stress, most millennials find themselves discussing these stressful events with their close friends. In fact, according to Jody Koenig Kellas, Haley Kranstuber Horstman, Erin K. Willer, and Kirsten Car (2015), 95% of people tell stories about stressful events soon after they occur to …