Employees motivation in choosing different types of rewards

This study focused on factors which affect employees motivation in choosing different rewards. The purpose of this study was to identify the types of rewards that contribute to employees’ motivation, to determine what motivates employees in choosing different types of rewards and to determine whether gender differences affect the « motivation to choose such rewards. The study used quantitative approach. The researcher employed questionnaires as the chosen research instrument for data collection. For this study, a sample of 140 individuals was taken. The findings were as such: the respondents stated that they should be able to take some time off from work and monetary - especially if their trips are paid by the company. The respondents also stated that they liked supportive colleagues (71.4%) for the nonmonetary while (72.9%) of the respondents indicated that they preferred paid trips for monetary rewards. It was also found that extrinsic reward (monetary reward), was preferred most by the respondents. This was shown by 59.3% (83) respondents who chose monetary- rewards over non-monetary reward. Meanwhile, the non-monetary reward was only chosen by 40.7% (57) respondents. It was also concluded that the gender difference does affect the type of rewards that they preferred. Generally, male employees (54.2%) tend to choose monetary rewards as their preferred reward and in contrast, their female counterparts (70.2%) where majority of them chose non-monetary rewards.