THE EFFECT OF REWARD ON EMPLOYEE JOB SATISFACTION: THE CASE OF ETHIOPIAN WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the effect of rewards with respect to employee’s job satisfaction in Ethiopian wildlife conservation authority. This research is descriptive and explanatory in nature. Mixed research design has been adopted in this paper to achieve the objectives of this study. Structured questionnaire was used to gauge the responses on a five level scale. The total population was 1157 and Questionnaire was distributed to 297 sample respondents who work at branches and head office in Addis Ababa. Probability sampling was employed to select branches and head office in order to select sample respondent’s simple random sampling was used. Data were analyzed using statistical techniques like descriptive statistics techniques, and regression analysis with the help of SPSS. This study confirmed that extrinsic and intrinsic rewards are important for employee job satisfaction in the case organization. The findings from regression analysis implied variations in employees’ job satisfaction were explained by reward variables. The study findings indicate that both extrinsic and intrinsic reward variables have effect on the employee job satisfaction. The existence of best reward practice the more employee job satisfaction and the higher the improvement of the organizations performance. EWCA is recommended to conduct constant satisfaction survey on semiannually and annually basis on the satisfaction level of employees about the reward that they are gained from the organization.