O efeito da autonomia na motivação e no desempenho de funcionários das gerações Y e Z

Rafael Spada; Thiago Soares Nunes; Juliane Ruffatto

doi:10.1590/1679-395120250112

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Rafael Spada Atitus Educação https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9366-9886
- Conceptualization
- Data Curation
- Formal Analysis
- Investigation
- Methodology
- Project Administration
- Software
- Validation
- Visualization
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation
- Writing – Review & Editing
Thiago Soares Nunes FUMEC University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1323-8160
- Conceptualization
- Data Curation
- Formal Analysis
- Investigation
- Methodology
- Project Administration
- Resources
- Software
- Validation
- Visualization
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation
- Writing – Review & Editing
Juliane Ruffatto Atitus Educação
- Conceptualization
- Data Curation
- Formal Analysis
- Investigation
- Methodology
- Project Administration
- Resources
- Software
- Supervision
- Validation
- Visualization
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation
- Writing – Review & Editing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1679-395120250112

Keywords:

autonomy, performance, motivation, generation Y, generation Z

Abstract

The aim of this research is to analyze the effect of autonomy on motivation and performance among employees from Generations Y and Z at work. As for the method, a quantitative study was conducted with 198 individuals, carried out through a survey. For hypothesis testing, regression, moderation, and moderated mediation analyses were performed. The results showed that autonomy can significantly increase the motivation and performance of employees from Generations Y and Z at work. In addition, it was found that motivation partially mediates the relationship between autonomy and employee performance. Furthermore, it was verified that employee age range influences the effect of autonomy, being particularly significant for Generation Z. The study highlights autonomy as key to motivating and improving the performance of younger generations at work, suggesting that organizations adapt their cultures and policies to meet these needs.

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Author Biographies

Rafael Spada, Atitus Educação

Mestre em Administração pela Atitus Educação (ATITUS); Professor da Escola do Agronegócio na Atitus Educação (ATITUS).

Thiago Soares Nunes, FUMEC University

Doutor em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC); Professor do Programa de Doutorado e Mestrado em Administração da Universidade da Fundação Mineira de Educação e Cultura (FUMEC).

Juliane Ruffatto, Atitus Educação

Doutora em Administração pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos); Professora do Programa de Mestrado em Psicologia da Atitus Educação (ATITUS).