The Effect of Organizational Culture on Employee Engagement with Work Ethic (Hard Work) as A Moderating Variable: Case Study on Millennial Generation Employees at PT X

Abstract

The purpose of this study to determine the effect of organizational culture on employee engagement in millennial generation employees at PT X, with the work ethic variable on the hard work dimension acting as a moderator variable. The sample used in this study was 201 millennial generation employees at PT X. This study used the Employee Engagement Scale (Saks, 2006), the Multidimensional Work Ethics Profile (MWEP) to measure the work ethic (hard work), and Values Survey Module (VSM 2013) from Hofstede (2013) to measure organizational culture. The results showed that organizational culture has a significant influence on employee engagement (R2 = 0.258, Sig. = 0.000). In other words, the organizational culture  contributed 25.8% to the employee engagement. When the work ethic variable (hard work) is added as a moderator variable, the coefficient R2 increases to 0.352 or contributes 35.20%. Thus the hypothesis is accepted, meaning that the work ethic (hard work) increases or strengthens the influence of organizational culture on employee attachment to millennial generation employees at PT X.