Baby Boomers describe themselves as hard-working, responsible and practical. Although all other generations agree that the Boomers are hard-working and practical, the Gen Y and Gen Z do not find the Boomers as responsible as they think of themselves. On the other hand, they also think that the Boomers are more obedient than how they perceive themselves to be.

More interesting is that, the most representative characteristics of the Pre-80s are the least representative characteristics of the Post-80s, and vice versa, the most representative characteristics of Post-80s are the least representative characteristics of the Pre-80s. This is in line with our observations about the tensions between these two generation groups. What makes the situation more severe is that how a generation group perceives oneself is very different from how another generation group perceives it.