A Comparative Analysis of the Factors Determining Motivational Level of Employees Working in Commercial Banks

The aim of designing present study was to analyze the role of reward that plays in motivating employees of commercial banks of Kohat, Pakistan. Specifically present study aims to analyzed the variance explained by predictor variables (payment, promotion, benefits and recognition) in criterion variable (Employee motivation). A hypothesis was developed for the present study and was tested by applying Multiple regressions. The sample group (N = 167) consisted of male and female employees of the commercial banks of Kohat, Pakistan. Data was collected through Questionnaire. Questionnaire comprises two parts. First part of the Questionnaire comprises of questions seeking Biographical data of the respondents and the second part comprises five variables, four predictor variables and one criterion variable. Content of the second part of questionnaire was adopted for use developed by (De Beer, 1987). The results of the study indicated that 71 % variance is explained by predictor variables in employee work motivation of commercial banks ’ employees of Kohat. The results also showed that promotion among four independent variables has greater effect in explaining variance in employee work motivation of targeted subjects