Azmatullah, Naeemullah, Muhammad Imran Marwat, Muhammad Altaf, Mashal Khan.
Assessing the Impact of Financial and Non-financial Rewards on Job Satisfaction: a Cross-sectional study among Employees of Health Secretariat Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
J Saidu Med Col Jan ;14(1):9-13.

Background: An organization's ability to deliver quality services completely depends on its management of human resource in an efficient manner. To maximize potential of health-care professionals, job satisfaction becomes utmost significant. Objectives: To assess the impact of financial and non-financial rewards on job satisfaction of employees of Health Secretariat Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from June 2019 to August 2019. A pilot tested and validated semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the employees of health secretariat department through convenience sampling technique. A total of 50 forms were analyzed through SPSS and AMOS. Satisfaction in job, financial and non-financial rewards were tested for their t-statistics and significance level using multiple linear regressions followed by determining effects of moderator of age, experience, and education when employed as an interaction variable. Results: The study results demonstrate that non-financial rewards have more significant relationship (p < 0.05) in determining job satisfaction of employees compared to financial rewards. However, the moderators of increase in age, education and experience (AEE) were seen to enhance the job satisfaction-financial rewards (JS-FR) relationship while AEE had no impact on job satisfaction-nonfinancial rewards (JS-NFR) relationship. Conclusion: The non-financial rewards (recognition, responsibility, autonomy and provision of skill enhancement opportunities) are shown to play a key role in job satisfaction of employees. Hence health organizations should consider them included in their management for more job satisfaction. Keywords: Financial Rewards, Health Care, Human Resource, Job Satisfaction, Pakistan.

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