FOSTERING THE MEDIATING ROLE OF THE FEELING OF BELONGING TO AN ORGANIZATION AMONG ROMANIAN MEMBERS OF GENERATION Z

The addition of Generation Z/Centennials to the workplace landscape will bring about new challenges for the management of any organization. To tackle the changing work environment and workforce, we conducted a survey-based empirical exploratory study among students in economics from two universities...

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Published inStudia Universitatis Vasile Goldiş Arad. Seria ştiinţe economice Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 69 - 91
Main Authors Botezat, Elena Aurelia, Fotea, Silvia L, Marici, Marius, Fotea, Ioan St
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Arad Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş 01.12.2020
Vasile Goldis University Press
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"Vasile Goldis" University Press
Subjects
Attitudes
Belonging
career attitude
Careers
Employees
Employers
Employment
feeling of belonging
Generation Z
Human Resources in Economy
M10
M12
Millennials
Romania
turnover intention
Work environment
Workforce
Workplaces
Romania
career attitude
Romania
Generation Z
feeling of belonging
turnover intention
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Summary:The addition of Generation Z/Centennials to the workplace landscape will bring about new challenges for the management of any organization. To tackle the changing work environment and workforce, we conducted a survey-based empirical exploratory study among students in economics from two universities located in the western part of Romania. Our study proposes an alternative view of the motivational potential, including the feeling of belonging to an organization in work settings. The aim was to explore the potential for the feeling of belonging to play the role of mediator between four distinct career attitudes and the turnover intention in the specific case of Romanian Generation Z members. Additionally, we investigated which variables are significant predictors for the feeling of belonging to an organization. The results indicate that is efficient to invest in creating belongingness for those Generation Z members inclined towards making moves between jobs and organizations (OMPA), for those who present the mental capacity to be mobile (BMA) and for those who can be adaptive in terms of performance and learning demands (SDA). For those Romanian Generation Z members who use their internal values to provide guidance and measure for success, including the feeling of belonging to an organization in work settings seems to be inefficient.
ISSN:1584-2339
2285-3065
DOI:10.2478/sues-2020-0025