Is the Future of Organisations Teal? An Exploratory Research on the Match Between Business School Students value systems and ‘Teal’
(2019) MGTN59 20181Department of Business Administration
- Abstract
- In light of high turnovers and low retention a growing interest in finding solutions to retain Millennials is occurring. The mismatch between Millennials’ value systems and the organisational values systems are high and one of the reasons for Millennials to leave the organisation. Yet, fundamental questions about the relation between value systems of Generation Millennials entering the workforce and organisational values remain unanswered in the literature. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the match between individual values systems and organisational value systems from a different angle. This study used data from value systems of Business School Students (BSS) from Lund University aspiring to... (More)
- In light of high turnovers and low retention a growing interest in finding solutions to retain Millennials is occurring. The mismatch between Millennials’ value systems and the organisational values systems are high and one of the reasons for Millennials to leave the organisation. Yet, fundamental questions about the relation between value systems of Generation Millennials entering the workforce and organisational values remain unanswered in the literature. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the match between individual values systems and organisational value systems from a different angle. This study used data from value systems of Business School Students (BSS) from Lund University aspiring to become leaders of tomorrow’s organisations. Data from a psychometric self-assessment tool, Value Orientations (VO) was administered to gain insight into the value systems of these 108 Business School Students. From the 108 BSS, twelve semi-structured interviews were conducted to examine their attitude towards fundamental characteristics of Teal. The results of this study show that there is no strong evidence for a match between Business School Students value systems and Teal. Furthermore, this study shows that the students are not willing to work for a Teal organisation. The students highly prefer aspects as structure, guidance and support which are not in line with the self-managing environment Teal provides. Thus, Teal does not provide an environment for BSS entering the workforce. These findings indicate that there is no evidence for organisations to change their organisational models to a Teal model in order to meet the values of individuals entering the workplace. However, longitudinal study might document a shift regarding their attitude towards Teal. (Less)
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- author
- de Roon, Chiara LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MGTN59 20181
- year
- 2019
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Teal, Generation Millennials, Business School Students, Values, Value Systems, Value Orientations, Value Alignment, Organisational Values, Organisational Model, Conscious Development, Retention, High Turnovers
- language
- English
- id
- 8968991
- date added to LUP
- 2019-09-18 16:14:53
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abstract = {{In light of high turnovers and low retention a growing interest in finding solutions to retain Millennials is occurring. The mismatch between Millennials’ value systems and the organisational values systems are high and one of the reasons for Millennials to leave the organisation. Yet, fundamental questions about the relation between value systems of Generation Millennials entering the workforce and organisational values remain unanswered in the literature. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the match between individual values systems and organisational value systems from a different angle. This study used data from value systems of Business School Students (BSS) from Lund University aspiring to become leaders of tomorrow’s organisations. Data from a psychometric self-assessment tool, Value Orientations (VO) was administered to gain insight into the value systems of these 108 Business School Students. From the 108 BSS, twelve semi-structured interviews were conducted to examine their attitude towards fundamental characteristics of Teal. The results of this study show that there is no strong evidence for a match between Business School Students value systems and Teal. Furthermore, this study shows that the students are not willing to work for a Teal organisation. The students highly prefer aspects as structure, guidance and support which are not in line with the self-managing environment Teal provides. Thus, Teal does not provide an environment for BSS entering the workforce. These findings indicate that there is no evidence for organisations to change their organisational models to a Teal model in order to meet the values of individuals entering the workplace. However, longitudinal study might document a shift regarding their attitude towards Teal.}},
author = {{de Roon, Chiara}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Is the Future of Organisations Teal? An Exploratory Research on the Match Between Business School Students value systems and ‘Teal’}},
year = {{2019}},
}