  This study aims to enrich the current literature by providing a new approach
to motivating Generation Z employees in Poland. Employees need to be motivated
in order to be efficient at doing a particular task at the workplace. As young
people born between 1995 and 2004 called Generation Z, enter the labour market
it, is essential to consider how employees' motivation might be affected.
Traditionally identified motivators are known, but many reports indicate that
the motivation continues decreasing. This situation causes some perturbations
in business and fluctuations of staff. In order to prevent this situation, the
employers are looking for new solutions to motivate the employees. A
quantitative approach was used to collect new evidence from 200 Polish
respondents completing an online survey. The research were conducted before and
during pandemic time. We report and analyse the survey results conducted in
Poland among representatives of Generation Z, who were employed for at least 6
months. We developed and validated a new approach to motivation using
methodologies called Factor Analysis. Based on empirical verification, we found
a new tool that connects employee motivation and selected areas of the Hygge
concept called Hygge star model, which has the same semantics before and during
Covid-19 pandemic.
