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Of Little White Lies & Generation Y: New Study Reveals Generational Differences in Honesty
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PsychTests AIM Inc.

Aug 31, 2017, 03:00 ET

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Of Millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers, it’s the youngest generation that is less likely to be honest.
Of Millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers, it’s the youngest generation that is less likely to be honest.

Montreal, Canada (PRWEB) August 31, 2017 -- It hasn’t been easy for Millennials. They’ve been labeled as selfish, self-absorbed, apathetic, and over-indulged. There are even courses online to help managers motivate and supervise Millennials, as if they were wild creatures newly introduced into the ecosystem. Recent research from PsychTests also indicates that compared to Baby Boomers and Generation X, Millennials have a more lenient attitude toward dishonest behavior; however, they still uphold relatively high moral ground.

Millennials seem to feel that honesty, morality, and truth are gray areas, not strictly black and white.

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Analyzing data collected from nearly 1,000 participants who took PsychTests’ Integrity & Work Ethics Test, researchers reveal that Millennials scored lower than Baby Boomers and Generation X on the following honesty related traits:

(Note: Scores range on a scale from 0 to 100)

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

Conscientious individuals are productive and responsible. This particular trait is frequently associated with professional success, job satisfaction, and workplace integrity.

• Score for Millennials: 74
• Score for Generation X: 79
• Score for Baby Boomers: 80

REMORSEFULNESS

Remorsefulness reflects the degree to which a person feels bad for committing a transgression, like lying, rule-breaking, theft, or other unscrupulous behaviors. Theoretically, the more regret a person feels, the lower his or her likelihood of committing the same transgression in the future.

• Score for Millennials: 78
• Score for Generation X: 85
• Score for Baby Boomers: 86

VALUES INTEGRITY

It’s one thing to have morals and principles – standing by them is where the challenge really lies. Individuals who possess value integrity will stand by their code of ethics, even if they are pressured to do otherwise.

• Score for Millennials: 80
• Score for Generation X: 89
• Score for Baby Boomers: 90

TRUSTWORTHINESS

A person who is trustworthy can be relied on to keep his or her word. Even in situations where they could easily get away with a misdeed (e.g. because they are not being supervised), trustworthy individuals are almost always able to resist the temptation to act dishonestly.

• Score for Millennials: 74
• Score for Generation X: 80
• Score for Baby Boomers: 81

ACCOUNTABILITY

While it’s easy to take responsibility for our successes, we must also be willing to accept responsibility for our errors and failures. Accountable individuals are willing to admit mistakes and answer for their actions.

• Score for Millennials: 79
• Score for Generation X: 84
• Score for Baby Boomers: 85

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT & LOYALTY

While sticking to the same job until retirement is rather uncommon these days, most companies still consider loyalty a valuable trait. Job-hopping is a major employer pet peeve, as hiring and training a new recruit is costly. Employees who are loyal are dedicated to the company’s success and committed to doing their job well.

• Score for Millennials: 71
• Score for Generation X: 72
• Score for Baby Boomers: 77

DISCRETION

Discretion is particularly important in jobs in which staff members have access to sensitive information. A breach of confidentiality could result in serious legal consequences.

• Score for Millennials: 66
• Score for Generation X: 77
• Score for Baby Boomers: 74

EMPATHY

Empathy isn’t just for the greater good of humanity. On a business level, it allows companies to better understand the needs of their customers and it breeds a more collaborative work environment.

• Score for Millennials: 70
• Score for Generation X: 77
• Score for Baby Boomers: 72

“It’s important to keep in mind that while the differences in scores among Millennials and the other two generations were statistically significant, they were not glaringly large,” explains Dr. Jerabek, president of PsychTests. “Overall, Millennials are quite honest. They may just feel that honesty, morality, and truth are gray areas, not strictly black and white.”

“Some people might look upon these study results as proof that Millennials are deleterious troublemakers. However, progressive Millennials of today are behaving much like progressive Baby Boomers did in the 60’s and 70’s. Baby Boomers birthed the feminist movement, which sought to break down barriers and dismantle laws that discriminated against women. When they were about the same age as today’s Millennials, the streets were rife with student activists fighting for equality for all cultures and sexual orientations. Essentially, they behaved in ways that could have been considered rebellious and unlawful. That’s not all that different from Millennial activists, who march to call attention to climate change, who protested after the US elections, and who have harnessed the power of social media to get word out about causes they believe in. Just like previous generations, Millennials are generally honest and have good values, but they believe that some rules can be broken if it’s for the greater good.”

Want to assess your level of integrity? Check out http://testyourself.psychtests.com/testid/3977

Professional users of this test can request a free demo for the WINS (Work Integrity Screening) or WINT - R3 (Work Integrity Test - 3rd Revision) or any other assessments from ARCH Profile’s extensive battery: http://hrtests.archprofile.com/testdrive_gen_1

To learn more about psychological testing, download this free eBook: http://hrtests.archprofile.com/personality-tests-in-hr

About PsychTests AIM Inc.
PsychTests AIM Inc. originally appeared on the internet scene in 1996. Since its inception, it has become a pre-eminent provider of psychological assessment products and services to human resource personnel, therapists, academics, researchers and a host of other professionals around the world. PsychTests AIM Inc. staff is comprised of a dedicated team of psychologists, test developers, researchers, statisticians, writers, and artificial intelligence experts (see ARCHProfile.com). The company’s research division, Plumeus Inc., is supported in part by Research and Development Tax Credit awarded by Industry Canada.

Ilona Jerabek, PsychTests AIM Inc., http://psychtests.com, +1 514-745-3189 Ext: 112, [email protected]

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When it comes to integrity, Millennials are not always willing to take the high road.
When it comes to integrity, Millennials are not always willing to take the high road.
When it comes to integrity, Millennials are not always willing to take the high road.

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