Mentoring Millennials in an Asian Context: Talent Management Insights from Singapore

by Paul Lim, Andrew Parker

Overview

Millennials make up 25% of Asians. As this huge demographic surges towards becoming a substantial contributor to Asia’s workforce, organisations continue to face engagement and retention challenges due to multi-generational workplace conflicts. Mentoring research in Western nations has consistently shown that mentoring brings tangible benefits to the organisation in the areas of job satisfaction, organisational commitment and employee retention, but would such observations apply to an Asian context?  

Taking Singapore as a point of reference, Mentoring Millennials in an Asian Context tackles this question head-on. It addresses both how millennials in Singapore perceive their mentors and how mentors can become better equipped for their mentoring. It identifies, analyses and offers solutions to existing problems such as inconsistent methods, a lack of mentoring knowledge and an urgent need to evolve with the times.  

For its 21st-century, region-specific approach, this book is an insightful read for HR academics and researchers, as well as C-Suite decision makers, senior managers and talent management coaches who wish to shape onboarding and mentoring policies for better engagement, retention and recruitment in preparation for the post-millennial generation in Asia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789734843
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date:	03/16/2020
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x (d)

About the Author

Paul Lim is an award-winning Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University. His research interests lie in individual resilience, mentoring millennial leaders and multi-generational leadership. 
Andrew Parker is Professor of Business at the University of Exeter Business School. He has conducted social network research in over 90 multinational and government agencies. He received his PhD from Stanford University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction 
Chapter 2. Generational Cohorts 
Chapter 3. The Millennial 
Chapter 4. Mentoring 
Chapter 5. Employee Turnover 
Chapter 6. Conducting the Study 
Chapter 7. Making Sense of the Data 
Chapter 8. Discussion, Interpretation & Conclusion 
Chapter 9. The Rubber Meets the Road 
Chapter 10. Case Study: OCBC Bank Singapore
Chapter 11. Next in Line: Generation Z