# Professor Michael North is interviewed about his work on intergenerational tensions in the workplace

1 Faculty News April 11, 2018 ![CityLimits logo 192 x 144](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/citylimits192x144.jpg?itok=1louwaoD)>

Excerpt from [CityLimits](https://citylimits.org/2018/04/11/older-workers-organize-to-resist-stereotypes-and-discrimination/) -- "[North](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/michael-north) says, 'Where the tension exists is when these older adults are portrayed as not wanting to step aside and make way for the younger generation.' He asks, 'Who’s to be the judge, basically, of when it’s time for an older worker to step aside or not?'"

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