Conflito ou encontro de gerações? O perfil de gestão e o trabalho em equipe entre as gerações baby boomer, X e Y

Abstract

Nowadays, in an environment where teamwork is widely used, members of the generation Y, characterized by being creative and capable of performing various tasks at the same time, have taken on management positions, sharing space with the baby boomer generation and X, characterized by commitment, loyalty and resistance to the new. Thus, the present article aims to understand the main differences and similarities of the management profile between managers of the baby boomer generation, generation X and generation Y, and the challenges for teamwork in a military organization in Rio Grande do Sul (RS). This is a qualitative and exploratory research with military graduates of the Brazilian Army who perform a management function and belong to the generations mentioned above. The techniques for data collection were the semi-structured interview and the discussion group. As a result, it should be noted that managers of generation Y present a management profile focused on participative leadership, while the other generations focus their focus on hierarchy and discipline. Another factor that deserves to be highlighted is the preference that all the soldiers interviewed give to teamwork, regardless of the generation they belong to. This fact can be justified by the nature of military work, where teamwork is stimulated from basic training.