Master's Thesis from the year 2020 in the subject Leadership and Human Resource Management - Employee Motivation, , language: English, abstract: The general objective of this study is to assess the effect of reward on employee motivation in Kirkos sub city administration, Addis Ababa. The study aims at assessment of the effect of reward on employee motivation in selected Kirkos sub city administration. Descriptive and inferential analysis was used to describe the effect of intrinsic and extrinsic rewards on employee motivation. Out of a total target population of four hundred fortify one administrative employee; two hundred ten samples were taken in probability sampling more specifically, stratified sampling, technique from the Kirkos sub city administration chief executive pool. Questionnaire was developed and distributed to the administrative employees. The finding of the study indicated that administrative employees of the administration have moderate satisfaction with the total reward practices. However; employees are motivated better by intrinsic rewards than extrinsic rewards. When each extrinsic reward items were computed, employees showed dissatisfaction from bonuses, similarly, when variables of each intrinsic reward were examined employees have moderate satisfaction the relationship of manager.