The effect of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards toward work motivation at agropolitan's project : a study on Sabah Land Development Board's employees / Jazuli W Sunarto, Mohammad Farouk Faisal Kit and Marina Habibon

This study seeks to get an understanding the effect of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards on work motivation by further exploring the employees' views and perception in particular to work in the oil palm plantation industry. Finding from this study will be crucial in the preparation of terms and c...

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Main Authors: Sunarto, Jazuli W, Faisal Kit, Mohammad Farouk, Habibon, Marina
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Published: 2011
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spelling my-uitm-ir.945302024-05-07T04:19:49Z The effect of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards toward work motivation at agropolitan's project : a study on Sabah Land Development Board's employees / Jazuli W Sunarto, Mohammad Farouk Faisal Kit and Marina Habibon 2011 Sunarto, Jazuli W Faisal Kit, Mohammad Farouk Habibon, Marina Employee motivation This study seeks to get an understanding the effect of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards on work motivation by further exploring the employees' views and perception in particular to work in the oil palm plantation industry. Finding from this study will be crucial in the preparation of terms and conditions of services for employees of Sabah Land Development Board (SLDB) in the pursuit to be the leader in the Agropolitan's plantation project. Studies on extrinsic and intrinsic rewards on employee motivation have been deliberately and extensively undertaken to identify the common compensation factors that may directly or indirectly affects motivation of employees in the workplace. Maslow (1943) theory of hierarchy need assumes that a person needs to fulfill the basic needs before directing their behavior towards satisfying upper-level needs. Herzberg (1959) two-factor theory of motivation further deliberates motivators in the perspective of extrinsic as well as intrinsic rewards factor. The study employed Flynn (2010) employee motivation model with some adjustments for the purpose of adaptation. For this study the context is provided with the selection of SLDB's employees as respondents in data collection. The selection of SLDB has been made in response to the fact that the organization has been entrusted by State Government of Sabah as a specific vehicle purposes in implementing Agropolitan programme. The study found that rewards has great significance in attracting and retaining talent in the realities of plantation workplace, in the form of monetary (Rynes et. al., 2004; Flynn, 2010; Locke et. al., 1990); attractive and better facilities (Ransley and Ingram, 2001; Sundram and Altman, 1989); self progress in term of opportunity for career advancement (Flynn, 2010); company reputation (Bell, 2005); and through acknowledgement in social significance (Deci, 1971; Flynn, 2010). The Flynn's employee motivation model provided better understanding of the employee motivation at various maturity levels. The result derived from modification and adaptations of the model has significantly indicated the existence of different needs and preferences among various categories of employees. Therefore, revision of better and competitive remuneration packages according to job positions for SLDB is proposed. 2011 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/94530/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/94530/1/94530.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sabah Faculty of Business and Management
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language English
topic Employee motivation
spellingShingle Employee motivation
Sunarto, Jazuli W
Faisal Kit, Mohammad Farouk
Habibon, Marina
The effect of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards toward work motivation at agropolitan's project : a study on Sabah Land Development Board's employees / Jazuli W Sunarto, Mohammad Farouk Faisal Kit and Marina Habibon
description This study seeks to get an understanding the effect of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards on work motivation by further exploring the employees' views and perception in particular to work in the oil palm plantation industry. Finding from this study will be crucial in the preparation of terms and conditions of services for employees of Sabah Land Development Board (SLDB) in the pursuit to be the leader in the Agropolitan's plantation project. Studies on extrinsic and intrinsic rewards on employee motivation have been deliberately and extensively undertaken to identify the common compensation factors that may directly or indirectly affects motivation of employees in the workplace. Maslow (1943) theory of hierarchy need assumes that a person needs to fulfill the basic needs before directing their behavior towards satisfying upper-level needs. Herzberg (1959) two-factor theory of motivation further deliberates motivators in the perspective of extrinsic as well as intrinsic rewards factor. The study employed Flynn (2010) employee motivation model with some adjustments for the purpose of adaptation. For this study the context is provided with the selection of SLDB's employees as respondents in data collection. The selection of SLDB has been made in response to the fact that the organization has been entrusted by State Government of Sabah as a specific vehicle purposes in implementing Agropolitan programme. The study found that rewards has great significance in attracting and retaining talent in the realities of plantation workplace, in the form of monetary (Rynes et. al., 2004; Flynn, 2010; Locke et. al., 1990); attractive and better facilities (Ransley and Ingram, 2001; Sundram and Altman, 1989); self progress in term of opportunity for career advancement (Flynn, 2010); company reputation (Bell, 2005); and through acknowledgement in social significance (Deci, 1971; Flynn, 2010). The Flynn's employee motivation model provided better understanding of the employee motivation at various maturity levels. The result derived from modification and adaptations of the model has significantly indicated the existence of different needs and preferences among various categories of employees. Therefore, revision of better and competitive remuneration packages according to job positions for SLDB is proposed.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Sunarto, Jazuli W
Faisal Kit, Mohammad Farouk
Habibon, Marina
author_facet Sunarto, Jazuli W
Faisal Kit, Mohammad Farouk
Habibon, Marina
author_sort Sunarto, Jazuli W
title The effect of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards toward work motivation at agropolitan's project : a study on Sabah Land Development Board's employees / Jazuli W Sunarto, Mohammad Farouk Faisal Kit and Marina Habibon
title_short The effect of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards toward work motivation at agropolitan's project : a study on Sabah Land Development Board's employees / Jazuli W Sunarto, Mohammad Farouk Faisal Kit and Marina Habibon
title_full The effect of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards toward work motivation at agropolitan's project : a study on Sabah Land Development Board's employees / Jazuli W Sunarto, Mohammad Farouk Faisal Kit and Marina Habibon
title_fullStr The effect of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards toward work motivation at agropolitan's project : a study on Sabah Land Development Board's employees / Jazuli W Sunarto, Mohammad Farouk Faisal Kit and Marina Habibon
title_full_unstemmed The effect of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards toward work motivation at agropolitan's project : a study on Sabah Land Development Board's employees / Jazuli W Sunarto, Mohammad Farouk Faisal Kit and Marina Habibon
title_sort effect of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards toward work motivation at agropolitan's project : a study on sabah land development board's employees / jazuli w sunarto, mohammad farouk faisal kit and marina habibon
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sabah
granting_department Faculty of Business and Management
publishDate 2011
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/94530/1/94530.pdf
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