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—You must give appropriate credit,provide a link to the license,and indicate ifchanges were made.You may do so in any reasonable manner,but not in any way thatsuggests the licensor endorses you or your use.  \no NonCommercial—You may not use the material for commercial purposes.  \no ShareAlike—If you remix,transform,or build upon the material,you must distribute yourcontributions under the same license as the original.  \n#### How to cite this thesis\n\nSurname,Initial(s).(2012)Title of the thesis or dissertation.PhD.(Chemistry)/M.Sc.(Physics)/  \nM.A.(Philosophy)/M.Com.(Finance)etc.[Unpublished]:University of Johannesburg.Retrievedfrom:https://ujdigispace.uj.ac.za(Accessed:Date).  \nTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY TYPESAND REWARD PREFERENCES  \nBy  \nRonél Nienaber  \nThesis  \nSUBMITTED IN FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTSFOR THE DEGREE  \nDoctor of Commerce  \nIN  \nLeadership in Performance and Change  \nIN THE  \nFaculty of ManagementDepartment of Industrial Psychology and People Management  \nAT THEUniversity of Johannesburg  \nPromoter:Prof MHR Bussin  \nCo-promoter:DrCHenn  \nJuly 2010  \n### ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\n\nI would like to express my sincere gratitude to all those who contributed tothe completion of this thesis.I am particularly grateful to my promoter ProfMark Bussin and co-promoter Dr Carolina Henn for their continuoussupport,guidance and feedback.Mark,thank you for being a wise andsupportive colleague and role model in the world of reward management.  \nMy deepest gratitude goes to my family and friends for their continuousencouragement,understanding and love despite my frequent mental andphysical absenteeism during the past three years.A special word ofthanks goes to my best friend,soul mate and husband:thank you for notallowing me to give up and for always encouraging me to be more thanwhat I thought I was capable of.To our children,you are all incrediblyspecial-thank you for your ongoing interest and care during this study.  \nThis study would have been particularly difficult if it was not for the kindsupport of Prof Shirley Zinn,Prof Mark Bussin and the South AfricanReward Association Executive committee,who agreed to the utilisation oftheir respective client and employee distribution lists for purposes ofcollecting data.Dr Jopie de Beer and Dr Nicola Taylor from JvR andAssociates:thank you for allowing me to use the MBTIR instrument forpurposes of this study and for your kind assistance in obtaining the datafrom CPP.  \nThank you also to my colleagues and friends at Nedbank,Sasol andSARA who believed in me.I am especially indebted to Karen Booysen,who assisted with the distribution and collection of questionnaires and foralways being prepared to assist in overcoming the software challenges.To Surina Breedt and Petro van Niekerk,thank you for your assistance inthe administration of this document.  \nAnnelie Harding,previously with STATKON,thank you for yourprofessional assistance.  \nProf Riette Eiselen,thank you so much for your kind and willingassistance in the professional review of the statistical analysis and foryour wise guidance.  \nProf Craig MacKenzie,thank you for the comprehensive review andprofessional editing of this document.  \nThank you to all the respondents who wished to remain anonymous andthus cannot be thanked personally.  \nThis piece of work would not have been possible without the countlessblessings we receive from our God Almighty.  \n## I dedicate this study to my late father,Hennie Greyling,who would havebeen so incredibly proud of this moment.\n\nTABLE OF CONTENTS:  \nCHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………14  \n1. Introduction to the research problem…………………………………………………………………………14  \n1.1 Background to the study…………………………………………………………………………………………………16  \n1.1.1 Retention and engagement……………………………………………………………………………………………16  \n1.1.2 Understanding employee preferenc","cbCailh4Vsgh7jAD","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailh4Vsgh7jAD","pdf",17649719,363,"English","# Chapter 1: Introduction\n## 1. 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