Impact of Monetary Rewards and Non-Monetary Rewards on Employee Motivation: A Research Study on Directorate General of Immigration & Passports

Abstract

The research purpose is to check the impact of monetary rewards and non-monetary rewards on employees’ motivation with special reference to the Directorate General of Immigration & Passports. Rewards motivate the employees to perform better for the success of the organization and also increase motivation. This research is aimed at investigating through questionnaires whether the presence or the absence of rewards can contribute to employees’ motivation. It was a quantitative study because data was collected through questionnaires from the Directorate General of Immigration & Passports employees. Convenience sampling was used. The sample size was 137 employees of the Directorate General of Immigration & Passports and responses were received from 105 employees. According to findings of monetary rewards and employee motivation, the linear regression analysis p-value is below the significance level of the p-value. That means their hypothesis is accepted and monetary rewards have a positive effect on an employee's motivation. Non-monetary rewards and employee motivation linear regression analysis p-value is below the significance level of p-value which means their hypothesis is accepted and non-monetary rewards have a positive effect on employee motivation. The findings suggest that monetary rewards are weakly and positively associated with an employee's motivation in the Directorate General of Immigration & Passports whereas, non-monetary rewards are weakly and positively associated with an employee’s motivation in the Directorate General of Immigration & Passports. There is a need to improve the non-monetary rewards system in organizations. The management of an organization should improve the employee’s salary and give credit to employees for what work they do. The management of the organization should give work under the employee’s qualifications and skills.