Research Design Connection: Age and Workplace Design
Appel-Meulenbroek and colleagues collected information from workers born into different generations to learn more about perceived workplace design-related needs and preferences. The variations they identified were present at the time that their research was conducted and may or may not persist as members of various generations age. The investigators defined Baby Boomers as born from 1946 – 1964, members of Generation X as being born from 1965 – 1979, and Millennials as born 1980 – 1998. Data were obtained from hundreds of Dutch office employees who are members of one of the three generations noted. The researchers determined that, “Millennials indicated the physical workplace aspects accessibility of colleagues and informal work areas/break-out zones to be significantly more important than generation X did…Millennials perceived the ability to personalise their workstation to be a more important support for a work-life balance than generation X…Companies that specifically want to satisfy their Millennials could …
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