Indonesian Psychological Research
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2025)

Keterikatan Kerja pada Generasi Z Ditinjau dari Kebahagiaan Karyawan dan Kinerja Adaptif

Dian Juliarti Bantam (Universitas Jenderal Ahmad Yani Yogyakarta)
Tatang Sulaiman (Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani Cimahi)
Muhammad Erwan Syah (Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani Yogyakarta)
Fonny Dameaty Hutagalung (Universiti Malaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Jul 2025

Abstract

Work engagement is one component that can predict reduced turnover in Indonesia. Generation Z employees with high work engagement feel happier and can adjust their performance in uncertain situations. This study explores the role of employee happiness and adaptive performance on work engagement in Generation Z employees in Indonesia. This quantitative correlational study involved 342 participants of Generation Z employees who has worked for at least 1 year. The sampling technique in this study was purposive sampling.  This study uses three measurement for data collection, namely the employee happiness, adaptive performance, and work engagement scales which were administered using the Google form platform. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis techniques conducted on SPSS. The results showed that employee happiness and adaptive performance were significantly associated with work engagement among Generation Z employees and explain 45.4% of the variance. This study highlights the needs of future studies to further explore other variable that may affect work engagement beyond to the two variables that have been studied. In addition, the result provides a theoretical basis in developing employee engagement programs for Generation Z employees.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IPR

Publisher

Subject

Religion Humanities Education Health Professions Social Sciences

Description

Indonesian Psychological Research aims at a broad area of questions from theoretical and methodological domains of psychology, as well as applications of psychology to everyday life. We propose to publish original articles, reviews, actualities, preliminary methodological notes etc. Our goal is to ...