Hendrick, Bill. "Baby Bosses: Youth vs. experience doesn't have to be us vs. them." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Monday, 18 April 2005. "Living." Pg. B1.

The article addresses a different side effect of the generation gap between the 79 million baby boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964) and Generation Xers (those born between 1965 and 1984). The already-present tension between managers and their subordinates becomes exponentially worse as the age difference between them continues to widen. More and more young adults are starting their careers in managerial positions instead of having to start their way at the bottom and work up to the top. Understandably, older workers often have a difficult time accepting direction from someone young enough to be their child—or, in some cases, their grandchild. Baby boomers often perceive their younger co-workers as impersonal, condescending, and disrespectful. This view is unjustified more often than not; the older......

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Title: Baby Bosses
Approximate Word Count: 344
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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