The Millennial Generation Personality Model
Erwan Sri Purwaningtias
Postgraduate School, Universitas Airlangga
Abstract
The millennial generation of Indonesia is an asset of the future of the nation. In the next five years, Millennial will dominate the workforce and other important sectors. Without a good understanding of the personality and needs of this generation, they can lose the best talents in the organization. The purpose of this research is to find out the personality characteristics of the millennial generation and to know how to handle their characteristics in order to explore and develop their talents. The study used a qualitative method of phenomenological approach, the process of determining informants based on purposive sampling technique, data collection through in-depth interviews, and analytical techniques using interaction models and continuously until information saturation was achieved. The results of this study indicated that the millennial generation is a generation that has its own uniqueness, they have high self-confidence, life-work balance and family oriented, be willing to work in team, a conducive work environment, and their desire to be understood and given the opportunity to develop themselves in order to optimize their talents.
Keywords: millennial generation, characteristics, personality, talents, uniqueness
Topic: Human Resource Development