The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of incentives on employee performance for the employees of the Jordanian tourism and travel institutions. Statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS) program were used for descriptive analysis. for the purpose of this study, the sample was chosen randomly and it consisted of 28 institutions found in Amman. As for the respondents of the sample, they were 44 employees who received 44 questionnaires. 41 questionnaires were returned, which forms 93% of the sample. The main findings indicate that there is an adequate level of incentives provided to employees. Moral incentives, rewards, efficiency of reward system and promotions are four factors found to have significant impacts on employee performance in Jordanian travel and tourism institution . However, rewards ranked in the first place of its impact on the employee performance while promotion ranked in the last place. Finally, this study has verified further research opportunities that could enrich the understanding of incentives and employee performance at the Jordanian travel and tourism institutions.
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