Reinventing leadership: new approaches and the perspective of Italian millennials. (14th August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: D'Amato, Vittorio; Macchi, Francesca
• Is Part Of: International journal of business innovation and research. Volume 19:Number 4(2019)
• Page Start: 435
• Page End: 465
• Publication Date: 2019-08-14
• Subjects: leadership -- engagement -- people management -- change -- leadership behaviours -- leadership innovation -- millennials; Management science -- Research -- Periodicals; Industrial management -- Technological innovations -- Periodicals; Industrial management -- Research -- Periodicals; 658.0072
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-0252

Abstract

The business world is changing and it is expected that a new generation of employees (millennials), whose needs, ideas and expectations are different from those of the past, will make up 75% of the workforce by 2025. The present study is aimed at understanding what competencies are needed for a leader to relate to millennials. To answer this question, the authors have collected the perspective of this group from the millennials themselves. Our proposal is based on a wealth of experience and integrates many of the latest, best, most robust and practical approaches on the theme of leadership, with research carried out on a group of 240 freshmen in our university in order to obtain the millennial point of view.