Factors Impacting Work Engagement of Gen Z Employees: A Regression Analysis

Abstract

This study examined the factors that impacted work engagement for Gen Z employees. Six factors were identified for analysis and hypothesized to be positively related to employee engagement, including: corporate social responsibility, leadership – transformational and transactional, work-life balance, autonomy, and technology. A survey was sent out through Amazon Mechanical Turk in April 2020. From the responses, Gen Z respondents accounted for 69. This study used a correlation analysis and a multiple regression analysis. Results revealed positive correlations between the variables and employee engagement, with transformational leadership showing the highest correlation and transactional leadership the lowest. Technology, autonomy, and work-life balance fell in between these two extremes. The results of the multiple regression analysis indicated that transformational leadership had the strongest influence on employee engagement, while transactional leadership had no impact. Autonomy and work-life balance were shown to have positive influences on employee engagement; technology and corporate social responsibility were not significant.