Abstract:
Employee motivation highly contribute for the success of organizations. Previous
research locally and internationally found how various factors such as financial and non
financial rewards induce employee motivation. This study focused how non financial
rewards relate with employee motivation of operational level employees of an apparel
organization in Sri Lanka. Four dimensions were identified such as recognition,
decision making role, empowerment and career development as non financial rewards.
The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of non-financial awards on
employee motivation in an apparel organization and identify the relationship between
non-financial rewards and motivation. To analyze this condition, a hypothesis was
formulated and tested. The study selected 40 operational level employees randomly as
a sample for the survey. A questionnaire was used to collect the data. In order to test
the hypothesis that was concerned with relationship between non financial rewards and
employee motivation, the Pearson Product Movement Correlation technique was
applied. The results of the study showed a significant and positive relationship (r= 0.82)
between non financial rewards and employee motivation in the organization.
