An Examination of the Relationship among Job Satisfaction, Rewards and Organizational Commitment

Abstract

The objectives of this study to find out whether employees derive job satisfaction mainly from extrinsic rewards and whether there is any relationship between organizational commitment and job satisfaction. Data were collected from a random sample consisting with respondents from three categories; professionals, managers and non_executives, by using a questionnaire. The analysis of data disclosed that professionals derive greater job satisfaction from intrinsic rewards and other two groups derive an equal degree of job satisfaction from both extrinsic and intrinsic rewards. Further, a positive correlation was found between job satisfaction and organizational commitment for non_executi ve and manager but not for the professionals. In the process of improving job satisfaction not only extrinsic rewards in addition to extrinsic rewards to improve job satisfaction of its employees. It must be remembered that intrinsic rewards are only a complementary to extrinsic rewards and not a substitute for them at all.