THE IMPACT OF PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENT FITNESS ON THE JOB PROSPERITY OF GEN Z EMPLOYEES: BASED ON SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY AND PERSONAL GROWTH MODELS

As Gen Z employees gradually become the main force in the workplace, how to stimulate their work motivation and improve their work performance has become a key challenge for enterprises. Gen Z employees pay more attention to autonomy, personal growth, and teamwork, so it is important to explore the impact mechanism of personal and environmental fitness on their sense of self-determination and job prosperity. This study aims to explore the impact of personal-organization values, personal-team interpersonal fitness, and personal-job requirements fitness on the sense of self-determination of Gen Z employees and to further analyze the mediating role of self-determination between the sense of fit and job prosperity. At the same time, this study cited insider identity perception as a regulatory variable to explore its regulatory effect on the relationship between the sense of fit and self-determination. This study collected 320 valid samples through a questionnaire. The structural equation model (SEM) and multiple regression analysis show that fitness in both the individual and the environment has a positive effect on job security and the feeling of being able to make your own decisions. Among them, personal job requirements and fitness have the most significant impact on a sense of self-determination and job prosperity. A person's sense of self-determination is a key link between their personal and environmental fitness and their job prosperity. Specifically, their sense of work requirements has the most direct and indirect effect on job prosperity through the sense of self-determination. In addition, insider identity perception plays a significant regulatory role between the sense of fit and self-determination, enhancing the positive influence of fit on the sense of self-determination.