Nexus Between Intrinsic Rewards and Employee Motivation with Mediating Role of Servant Leadership in Public Sector Universities of Islamabad

Abstract

Intrinsic rewards are vital part of reflecting the human personality toward the employee motivation. This research proposed to study the nexus between intrinsic rewards (recognition, training & development, work environment and participation in decision making) and employee motivation with mediating role of servant leadership. The sector of this study was education sector of Pakistan particularly public sector universities of Islamabad. The study is explanatory in nature based on quantitative design. The data was collected through research instrument i.e., a questionnaire from a sample of 340 employees of the universities. Quantitative data was collected on five-point Likert scale which further analyzed through statistical tools by regression and correlation analysis via using SPSS, version 23. The results of this study have been found significant association between intrinsic rewards and employee’s motivation along with mediating role of servant leadership in the universities. The outcomes of all quantitative analyses supported the nexus of independent variables (recognition, training & development, work environment and participation in decision making) on dependent variables (employee motivation) and realistically demonstrated the hypotheses. Some limitation of this study may cover in future research such as include other geographical area and sector along with study may be conduct with qualitative design. Findings of this study will be beneficial for all corporate sector including government, institutions, health, banking etc. Also, specifically for researchers with respect to further research may also advantage from the results of this study.