International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research

Authors
Savitha G Pai, Dr. M Prakash

Abstract
The paper is prepared with the main motto to study the relationship between rewards and recognition and employee productivity. Rewards and Recognition is an independent variable and employee productivity is considered as dependent variable. The research is conducted by distributing well-structured questionnaire to the employees working in banking, education, information technology, hospital, hospitality and manufacturing sectors. The sample size of the study is 100 selected through random sampling. Likert’s five scale was used for measuring employee’s response. Cronbach alpha was used to check the reliability and validity of the instrument. Data analysis was done using various statistical tools and techniques. The paper concluded that there is a significant positive relationship between rewards and recognition and employee productivity. It means employees can perform better when they are better rewarded and recognized in their workplace.