This study aims to empirically prove the influence of leadership style on the work motivation of Generation - Z, the method used in this study is a quantitative research method, this research is intended to build a picture of the phenomenon that is in the context of research, namely youth today or also called Generation – Z. This study was conducted on sandalwood polytechnic students, collecting data in the form of questionnaires distributed to respondents with a sample of 71 students. The data analysis used is multiple linear regression analysis with the help of data processing software, the results of this study indicate that simultaneously situational leadership style and autocratic leadership style significantly influence work motivation of Generation Z. This study also produces a partial effect of each - each independent variable to the dependent variable, the contribution of the independent variables included in the regression equation to the independent variable is 15.2%, the remaining 84.8% is influenced by other variables not included in this research model.