Strategi Retensi Talenta Generasi Z: Peran Career Development, Work-Life Balance, dan Organizational Commitment pada Karyawan PT Medan Jaya Pangan Mutu

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Muharmansyah Sikumbang
Suhendri
Junaidi
Zulham

Abstract

Fenomena Great Resignation sebagai alasan perlunya strategi retensi yang efektif, dan menemukan bahwa work-life balance memengaruhi retensi karyawan Generasi Z lintas industri di Indonesia. Di tingkat internasional, studi pada pekerja muda di Tiongkok mengaitkan desain pekerjaan dan kesejahteraan karyawan dengan niat bertahan. Retensi talenta Generasi Z menjadi tantangan strategis karena kelompok ini cenderung berpindah kerja dan menuntut pengembangan karier serta keseimbangan kehidupan-kerja. Penelitian ini menganalisis pengaruh career development dan work-life balance terhadap retensi talenta dengan organizational commitment sebagai variabel mediasi pada karyawan PT Medan Jaya Pangan Mutu. Pendekatan kuantitatif eksplanatori diterapkan pada 106 responden (populasi 143 karyawan; rumus Slovin dan simple random sampling) menggunakan kuesioner skala Likert lima poin dan PLS-SEM. Career development dan work-life balance  berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap retensi talenta, dan keduanya meningkatkan organizational commitment. Organizational commitment berpengaruh paling kuat terhadap retensi talenta dan memediasi secara parsial pengaruh kedua variabel tersebut. Model menjelaskan 57,7% varians retensi talenta.

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Sikumbang, M., Suhendri, S., Junaidi, J., & Zulham, Z. (2026). Strategi Retensi Talenta Generasi Z: Peran Career Development, Work-Life Balance, dan Organizational Commitment pada Karyawan PT Medan Jaya Pangan Mutu. JIBEMA: Jurnal Ilmu Bisnis, Ekonomi, Manajemen, Dan Akuntansi, 4(2), 4751–4766. https://doi.org/10.62421/jibema.v4i2.896
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