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Ideas for connecting performance to rewards and why this is important for the development of your staff.

by JacquelineJohnson last modified Aug 05, 2010 12:14 PM

Rewards can play an important role in motivating employees.

Victor Vroom of the Yale School of Management produced a motivational theory known as Vroom’s Expectancy Theory. The theory says that employees will be motivated to do certain things when they perceive that a certain reward will be forthcoming, so managers should tie rewards to performance.

This Wikipedia article explains Vroom's theory further.

Types of performance-based reward

Examples of rewards include:

  • pay
  • bonus
  • working on a special project/task
  • working with a particular colleague/team
  • opportunity to travel (or not) for business
  • promotion
  • secondment to another area
  • attending a course, seminar or exhibition.

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