Proceedings of
9th International Conference on Advances in Social Science, Management and Human Behaviour SMHB 2019
"MILLENNIALS AS WORKFORCE AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE HONG KONG CHINESE"
Abstract: “Millennials was defined as the generation born between 1982 and 2004. They were also known as the Generation Y, who born in the wake of the internet era, digital savvy and distinguished with their preceding Generation X. Many of them were the only child of the family and within which, many single parent families. Millennials is a huge and massive group, which embedded many distinctive sub-groups. In the US alone, there were more than 80 million millennials. For years, researches have been conducted attempting to unveil the unique characteristics and demands of the group. There are, however, strong concerns about and sentiments related to these millennials as workforce for entrepreneurial / economic development. The researcher has a proposition that supervisors, teachers and even parents of the millennial might have difficulties in understanding the millennials, which created major obstacles in motivating or even getting along with these youngsters. This study intended to study the Chin”
Keywords: Millennials, human resources, leadership, Hong Kong Chinese