Abstract:
Reward plays a major role in providing job satisfaction to the employees. The feeling 
of Job satisfaction can strengthen commitment and Loyalty and make the employees 
more productive and creative. In this study, the target population is the Nurses in 
Jaffna teaching hospital. The main objective of this study is to identify the 
relationship between the employee rewards and their job satisfaction and identifying 
the effect of both intrinsic and extrinsic reward on employee satisfaction. Through 
the questionnaire, using five-point Likert scales was used. Based on the analysis there 
is a positive relationship between extrinsic reward and intrinsic reward with job 
satisfaction and a positive relationship between payment, promotion, working 
condition, workgroup and recognition with Job satisfaction.