The Impact of Rewards and Punishments on Employee Performance Through Work Motivation as an Intervening Variable

This study uses work motivation as an intermediary variable to assess and examine the impact of rewards and penalties on worker performance in the specific context of PT. ABC. The methodology for this study is partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), and the data analysis is done using SmartPLS software. Workers at various levels of the PT. ABC hierarchy comprise the 155 respondents in the study's sample. The results demonstrate a substantial relationship between production and worker motivation. It is also found that punishment has a significant effect on employee motivation and performance. Additionally, there is a significant relationship between employee motivation and performance and the reward variable. However, the effect of discipline on motivation at work.