The relationship between reward systems and employees’ job performance at Institute of Teacher Education, Tun Abdul Razak Samarahan Campus, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak / Nor Amira Roslan

This study explained the relationship between rewards system and employees’ job performance at Institute of Teacher Education, Tun Abdul Razak Samarahan Campus. The variables that included in this study consists of recognition and promotion as intrinsic reward whereby salary and performance-based pay as extrinsic reward. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between the reward systems and the employees’ job performances at Institute of Teacher Education, Tun Abdul Razak Samarahan Campus. This study used convenience sampling technique as this technique was easy to access. The data was analysed by using Statistical Package for Social Science Software (SPSS) version 23.0. The instrument used for this study was questionnaire that adapted from Tima (2011). The total of 89 (80.9%) questionnaires was returned but only 86 were usable. The researcher found that there is a positive and significant relationship between intrinsic reward and extrinsic reward towards employees’ job performance. However based on
the findings the researcher found that ‘salary' and ‘performance-based pay' was the strongest factors that affect the employees' job performance. In the conclusion, all variables which are recognition, promotion, salary and performance-based pay have a positive relationship between reward system and employees’ job performance. At the nd of this study, a few recommendations have been made in this study which is to
the organization, employees and future researcher.