The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the expectations of employees belonging to generation Z towards the incentive system

• Autorzy: Majewska Maria , Nieżurawska-Zając Joanna

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.29119/1641-3466.2022.159.18

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Purpose: The aim of the research was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the preferences of employees belonging to generation Z regarding the selected elements of the incentive system. Design/methodology/approach: The research was conducted in 2018, in Poland before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and repeated during its duration in June 2021. Each time the research group consisted of 200 respondents belonging to generation Z working in Polish enterprises. In the standardized questionnaire used in our study, the representatives of the generation Z were asked to assign importance to 22 elements of the incentive system broken down into financial, non-financial and non-material incentives. The degree of importance of a given motivator was assumed as a measure of employees' preferences. Findings: The research results indicate that the duration of the pandemic caused a change in the preferences of young workers in terms of the ways of motivating them by employers. This applied to a greater extent to men rather than to women. The greatest increase in the value of the importance rank took place in the case of remote work, work in a state-owned enterprise and the health benefits system offered by the employer. The period of the pandemic increased the sense that young Poles were in danger of losing their jobs and having their salaries reduced. This is evidenced in particular by the increased importance of job opportunities in a state-owned enterprise and the amount of remuneration. Originality/value: The paper is mainly addressed to people responsible for shaping the incentive system. All the main motivators were included in the study, which provided a holistic view of how the preferences of young Poles belonging to generation Z changed under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the context of the pandemic, usually selected motivators are examined, especially the hybrid work model.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

COVID-19 pandemic; generation Z; incentive system

PL

pandemia COVID-19; pokolenie Z; system motywacyjny

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Śląskiej
• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: z. 159
• Strony: 229--241
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 18 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Majewska Maria

• Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznań, Faculty of Law and Administration

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4415-8403

autor

Nieżurawska-Zając Joanna

• WSB University in Toruń, Faculty of Finance and Management

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6396-3363

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Uwagi

PL

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).