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– The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether work values vary across different life and career stages in a sample of Millennials.

– The sample for this study was comprised of 906 Canadian Millennials (born between 1980 and 1994).

– Pre-career and working Millennials varied in terms of the importance they placed on five work values – interesting work, achievement, good co-workers, doing work that helped people and salary – although these differences were small in magnitude. This suggests that Millennials’ work values are relatively stable as they grow older and gain work experience.

– A large body of research citing generational differences relies upon cross-sectional studies which compares different generations …