Regression Model for Work Engagement of Millennial Generation Workforce

Rina Mulyati, Fathul Himan, Bagus Riyono, Fendy Suhariadi

2018

Abstract

There were lots of studies on person-job fit proved to promote meaningful work and work engagement, still there is no evidence about the role of meaningful work as mediator between person-job fit and work engagement for millennial generation workforce. The Millennials will dominate 50% of the workforce in 2020 and predicted to be increasing to 75% in 2025. The Millennial Generation has distinctive characteristics compared to those of previous generations (Baby Boomers and Generation X). They are easily quitting their job sometimes because they just wanted to. Therefore, management needs strategies to retain them and make them more engage in their work. Regression analysis with bootstrap method was used to investigate the hypothesis that meaningful work mediates the effect of person-job fit on work engagement. Respondents involved in this study were the employees (N= 47) from state-owned company (BUMN) with 5.4 years working experience in average (SD = 2.34). Results indicated that person-job fit was a significant predictor for meaningful work whereas meaningful work plays as mediator between person-job fit and work engagement. To escalate work engagement for millennials, management need to create work design that promote fitness between workers and their jobs in order to make them experience meaningful work.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Mulyati R., Himan F., Riyono B. and Suhariadi F. (2018). Regression Model for Work Engagement of Millennial Generation Workforce.In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS, ISBN 978-989-758-435-0, pages 505-515. DOI: 10.5220/0008591405050515

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icp-hesos18,
author={Rina Mulyati and Fathul Himan and Bagus Riyono and Fendy Suhariadi},
title={Regression Model for Work Engagement of Millennial Generation Workforce},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS,},
year={2018},
pages={505-515},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008591405050515},
isbn={978-989-758-435-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS,
TI - Regression Model for Work Engagement of Millennial Generation Workforce
SN - 978-989-758-435-0
AU - Mulyati R.
AU - Himan F.
AU - Riyono B.
AU - Suhariadi F.
PY - 2018
SP - 505
EP - 515
DO - 10.5220/0008591405050515