Caracterización de la generación del milenio en el contexto laboral: una revisión de la literatura
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Actualmente, tres generaciones de trabajadores están presentes en las organizaciones; la generación de los baby boomers, está a punto de salir del mercado laboral y le abren paso a la generación de trabajadores millennials. El objetivo de este artículo es presentar una revisión sistemática de la literatura referente a la generación del milenio, destacando: primero, la caracterización de los millennials, que contiene elementos clasificados en psicológicos, familiares y sociales que han demostrado tener efecto en el contexto laboral; y segundo, la extracción de prácticas que han dado algunos autores para retenerlos y evitar altos costos por la pérdida de productividad, contratación y formación de nuevos empleados. De esta revisión se concluye que los millennials son aquellas personas nacidas entre 1980 y el 2000, quienes en el contexto laboral buscan tener equilibrio entre su vida y el trabajo, retroalimentación, contacto con los líderes y crecimiento rápido a posiciones altas. Además, prefieren laborar en y para organizaciones que les generen aprendizaje y los desafíen, razón por la que cambian constantemente de trabajo. En consecuencia, es importante entender que en las prácticas de retención no es necesario realizar grandes inversiones de dinero, sino mejorar y fortalecer los procesos del área de recursos humanos.
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Lina María Ramírez Angel, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Magister en Administración y estudiante del doctorado en Administración de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Bogotá, integrante del Grupo Salud-Trabajo y del Grupo Interdisciplinario en Teoría e Investigación Aplicada en Ciencias Económicas (gitiace). Docente ocasional Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá
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