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What is the effect of a compensation package (benefits, salary, nonfinancial) on employee motivation and satisfaction? Use examples.

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What is the effect of a compensation package (benefits, salary, nonfinancial) on employee motivation and satisfaction? Use examples

It is often been cited that pay increases fail to incentivize employees in the long run, and that offering meaningful work in a positive environment is more engaging to employees. Research has also discovered that "base pay and benefits had the overall weakest relationship with the organization's ability to foster high levels of employee engagement and motivation compared to incentives, intangible rewards and quality of leadership on engagement" (Scott & McMullen, 2010). The quality of leadership is the most important ...

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