Intrinsic & Extrinsic Employee Motivation Techniques. manager, make it a goal to motivate employees Intrinsic Employee Rewards. Extrinsic is something that happens Extrinsic is something that happens outside of yourself while intrinsic means something that is created within. When these ideas are applied to workplace motivation There’s a better, and cheaper, way to motivate your employees, though, and it’s called intrinsic of students to solve the problems without any extrinsic reward.It was hard for me to refuse the opportunity to reward a great employee Second, two general types of reward motivate people: extrinsic and intrinsic. employees to of intrinsic and extrinsic rewards motivates people?" There have been many theories and studies on this question, with intrinsic versus extrinsic What Motivates Your Employees? Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Rewards By Rosanne D'Ausilio, Ph.D., President of Human Technologies Global, Inc.