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The Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Reward Systems on Employee Motivation at the Sierra Leone National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT), Sierra Leone

Sophie A. A. S. AllieuErnest Bai Koroma University of Science and Technology, Magburaka, Sierra Leone

Vol 5 No 4 (2021): Volume 5, Issue 4, April 2021 | Pages: 15-27

International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology

OPEN ACCESS | Research Article | Published Date: 08-04-2021

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Abstract

The study explores the impact reward systems have on employee motivation at the National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT), Sierra Leone; beyond precise content in such interventions, and how perceived organizational supports might mediate those effects. The study also deliberates on employee motivation as imperative for the overall organizational performance and talks about retaining a motivated workforce. Motivation factors may be differing from institution to institution. A semi-structured interview was conducted to get an insight into their motivation. This research found out that different factors affect employees' motivation, which can be classified into three broad categories; extrinsic, intrinsic, and total rewards. Although extrinsic rewards are essential for employee motivation in under developed nations, including Sierra Leone, where the inflation rate is high and per capita income so low that people struggle to retain their social status, the importance of other rewards can be underscored. This research was conducted using data from 193 usable questionnaires (N = 193) collected from staff employed at NASSIT. Results of correlation analysis showed that the relationship between extrinsic reward, intrinsic reward, total rewards, and employee motivation are statistically significant and positively correlated. Furthermore, the results of regression analysis showed an even stronger relationship for perceived organizational support. This result confirms that perceived organizational support plays a vital role as a mediating variable in the employee motivation models of the NASSIT sample. Therefore, the findings draw attention to the relevance of organizational support in mediating the effects rewards have on employee motivation.  Employee motivation is an excellent contributor to human resource management's knowledge world, which explores the factors that affect employees' motivation and provides a solution to employees' motivation-related problems at their jobs. The research also recommends that the studied organization's management pays attention to employee motivation problems for the institution's overall benefit.

Keywords

Intrinsic reward, Extrinsic reward, Total reward, Perceived organizational support, Employee motivation, NASSIT.


Citation of this Article

Sophie A. A. S. Allieu, “The Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Reward Systems on Employee Motivation at the Sierra Leone National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT), Sierra Leone” Published in International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology - IRJIET, Volume 5, Issue 4, pp 15-27, April 2021. Article DOI https://doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2021.504004

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