Nurturing an engaged next generation through onboarding

As any human resources professional will tell you, a key to having engaged employees is the onboarding process. This is particularly true when the employees are NextGen family members.

As any human resources professional will tell you, a key to having engaged employees is the onboarding process. This is particularly true when the employees are NextGen family members.

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About the Author(s)

Joseph H Astrachan

Joseph H. Astrachan, Ph.D., is a founder of Generation6 and emeritus professor of management at Kennesaw State University He has academic affiliations with Cornell University, Witten/Herdecke University and Jönköping International Business School. He currently serves on the boards of 10 family businesses.


Isabel C. Botero

Isabel C. Botero, Ph.D., is the George E. and Mary Lee Fischer Chair in Family Entrepreneurship in the department of management and entrepreneurship at the University of Louisville. She is an adviser at Generation6, a Fulbright scholar and an affiliated researcher at the Centre for Family Entrepreneurship and Ownership - Jönköping University Sweden.


Carol B Wittmeyer

Carol B. Wittmeyer, Ed.D., is the director of family business and a visiting associate professor at St. John Fisher University. She is a Smith Family Business Fellow at Cornell University and a professor emerita at St. Bonaventure University.