The Impact Of Emotional Intelligence And Adaptability On Employee Performance Gen Z at The Department of Communication And Informatics of North Sumatra Province

This study aims to test and analyze the Impact of Emotional Intelligence and Adaptability on the Performance of Generation Z Employees at the Department of Communication and Information Technology of North Sumatra Province. The research method used is quantitative. The population in this study is all employees at the Department of Communication and Information Technology of North Sumatra Province totaling 105 employees. Sampling was conducted using the census method, so that the entire population was used as the research sample consisting of 105 respondents, divided into Generation Z (56 respondents) and Generation Millennial (49 respondents) as comparative data in the difference test.Data analysis techniques using multiple linear regression and Independent Sample T-Test. With the results of the study: (1) Emotional Intelligence has a positive and significant effect partially on the Performance of Generation Z Employees, this can be seen from the significant value (0.000) < 0.05 and t-count (3.927) > compared to t-table (1.672). (2) Adaptability has a positive and significant effect partially on the Performance of Generation Z Employees, this can be seen from the significant value (0.000) < 0.05 and t-count (4.906) > compared to t-table (1.672). (3) Emotional Intelligence and Adaptability simultaneously has a positive and significant effect on the Performance of Generation Z Employees, can be seen F-count (37.030) > F-table (3.12) and the significance level (0.000) <0.05. (4) There is a significant difference between the performance of Generation Z employees and Millennial Generation employees at the Communication and Informatics Office of North Sumatra Province. This is indicated by a Sig. (2-tailed) value of 0.004 < 0.05, with a t-value of Millennial Gen = -2.978 (df = 103) and t-value of Gen Z = -2.955 (df = 62.831).