Pengaruh Toxic Leadership Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan Gen Z Yang Aktif Di Media Sosial Melalui Kepuasan Kerja Dan Motivasi Kerja
Keywords
Toxic Leadership, Job Satisfaction, Work Motivation, Employee Performance, Generation Z, Social Media.Abstract
This study aims to analyze the effect of toxic leadership on the performance of Generation Z employees who are active on social media, with job satisfaction and work motivation as mediating variables. This study uses a quantitative approach with a 5-point Likert survey of 320 Gen Z employees through purposive sampling. The sample size was determined using power analysis (GPower), while the data was processed using PLS-SEM in SmartPLS 4.0, including outer/inner model evaluation, bootstrapping, and data collection through questionnaires distributed to respondents aged 18 to 28 years. Analysis results reveal a unique phenomenon in which toxic leadership is empirically positively correlated with motivation and job satisfaction, contrary to general theoretical assumptions. These results indicate that Generation Z tends to perceive work pressure as a challenge and demonstrates high resilience, enabling them to maintain or even improve performance under toxic leadership. However, these positive effects are contextual and the long-term impact on employee mental health and loyalty needs to be considered.
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