Title

Do rewards benefit the organization? The effects of reward types and the perceptions of diverse R&D professionals

Authors

Authors

C. C. Chen; C. M. Ford;G. F. Farris

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Abbreviated Journal Title

IEEE Trans. Eng. Manage.

Keywords

collective and individual rewards; demographic diversity; fixed and; variable rewards; foreign-born scientists and engineers; intrinsic and; extrinsic rewards; monetary and nonmonetary rewards; organizational; (net) benefits; R&D professionals; reward types; socioemotional rewards; women scientists and engineers; CULTURAL-DIFFERENCES; ALLOCATION PREFERENCES; UNITED-STATES; COLLECTIVISM; TASK; ACCULTURATION; INDIVIDUALISM; IMPACT; CHINA; Business; Engineering, Industrial; Management

Abstract

Previous compensation research has focused primarily on individual benefits derived from monetary rewards and has tacitly assumed that diverse organization members hold similar beliefs regarding the efficacy of specific rewards. This article compares the beliefs held by members of diverse demographic groups in R&D organizations regarding the extent to which different types of rewards produce organizational benefits. Results based on evaluations from over 1000 R&D scientists and engineers across 30 companies found that intrinsic rewards and salary increases were widely believed to provide benefits to an organization, Individual cash rewards were generally seen as providing the fewest benefits. However, members of different ethnic groups and genders held different beliefs about the utility of several rewards. The article concludes by suggesting how similarities and differences in beliefs across a diverse group of employees could affect the management of rewards in R&D settings.

Journal Title

Ieee Transactions on Engineering Management

Volume

46

Issue/Number

1

Publication Date

1-1-1999

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

47

Last Page

55

WOS Identifier

WOS:000078191800005

ISSN

0018-9391

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