Effects of Fun and Mindfulness at Work on Employee Engagement through Employee Happiness: Focused on Urban Millennials in the Indonesian Startup Companies
Ayu Yuni Afifah (a*), Fendy Suhariadi (b)
a) Faculty of Economics and Business, Airlangga University
Jalan Airlangga 4-6, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia
*ayu.yuni.afifah-2017[at]feb.unair.ac.id
b) Faculty of Psychology, Airlangga University
Jalan Airlangga 4-6, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia
Abstract
The acceleration of industrial digitalization in many sectors was believed to be one of the factors driving the emergence of startup companies in Indonesia and presenting Indonesia as the top five countries with the highest number of startups in the world. Indonesia startups growth was inseparable from the role of the millennial generation as initiators and implementers, especially urban millennials. Millennials are known as a tech-savvy generation but also claimed to be less engaged and entitled at work, for them happiness in the workplace was very important. They did not hesitate to leave the company that did not make them happy. This research aimed to study the effect of fun and mindfulness at work on employee engagement through employee happiness. This study involved 100 urban millennials working in Indonesian startup companies as respondents. This study used SmartPLS 3.2.8 as an analysis tool. This study suggests that fun has a significant effect on employee engagement and fully mediated by employee happiness while mindfulness significantly affecting employee happiness but not to employee engagement. This research provides insights for companies, especially startups, how to maintain millennials at work.
Keywords: Startup; Urban Millennials; Fun; Mindfulness; Employee Happiness; Employee Engagement
Topic: Human Resource Development