The impact of degree of individual environment fit on the thriving at work of generation-Z employees: Based on self-determination theory and personal growth model

Abstract

As Generation-Z employees gradually become the main workforce in the workplace, how to stimulate their work motivation and enhance their performance has become a key challenge for companies. Generation-Z employees place more emphasis on sense of autonomy, personal growth, and teamwork in their work. Therefore, it is of great significance to explore the impact mechanism of person-environmental fitness on their sense of self-determination and thriving at work. This study aims to investigate the degree of person-organization value fitness, person-team interpersonal fitness, and person-job requirements fitness on the Sense of self-determination of Gen-Z employees, and further analyze the mediating role of sense of self-determination between person-environmental fitness and thriving at work. Additionally, the study introduces perceived insider status scale as a moderating variable to explore its moderating effect on the relationship between person-environmental fitness and sense of self-determination.