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- Title
REWARDS AND MOTIVATION AMONG ADMINISTRATORS OF UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN (UNISZA): AN EMPIRICAL STUDY.
- Authors
Rahim, Marlisa Abdul; Wan Daud, Wan Norhayate
- Abstract
The aim of this paper is to examine effect of rewards and employees' motivation among administrators of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA). Reward and motivation are relying upon in many countries to induce changes in higher education. One of the ways to heighten the motivation is through effective reward system. Reward prescribes two important dimensions consist of extrinsic and intrinsic. The target population was nonacademic administrative management group of UniSZA. Data was drawn from a sample of 86 administrators in UniSZA. The regression result shows that reward generally have a positive effect on motivation. Specifically, the findings indicate that extrinsic reward was positively related to motivation. Intrinsic reward also found to have a positive effect on motivation. A discussion of the findings, limitations, and future research are provided.
- Subjects
HIGHER education; EMPLOYEE motivation; INDUSTRIAL psychology; MOTIVATION (Psychology); GOAL setting in personnel management
- Publication
International Journal of Business & Society, 2013, Vol 14, Issue 2, p265
- ISSN
1511-6670
- Publication type
Article