International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management United Kingdom Vol. II, Issue 11, Nov 2014 Licensed under Creative Common Page 1 http://ijecm.co.uk/ ISSN 2348 0386 THE ROLE OF PERFORMANCE - BASED REWARDS IN PRODUCTIVITY Ntiamoah, Evans Brako School of Management & Economics University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China kwamebrako@yahoo.com Agyei-Sakyi, Mark School of Management & Economics University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China maccc2@yahoo.com Opoku, Beatrice School of Management & Economics University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China ilikemorr@yahoo.com Abrokwah, Eugene School of Management & Economics University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China chemicalsoil@yahoo.com Siaw, Anthony School of Management & Economics University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China Anthony.siaw@yahoo.com