is money a good reward to motivate employees to work hard?

Nowadays more and more companies are rewarding their members of staff by giving them extra money as a way to motivate them to continue working hard, but is money the right reward for them? There are different points of view about it.

Some employees state that money is the best reward because everybody works for money, and it really motivates them to keep working hard in order to continue having that kind of reward from the company.

There are people who think that it kind of reward act as a conditioning to work just for money and not because they really want to contribute to the company. Good workers don’t work for a reward; good workers are who work because they really like their job and want to become better every day. For them the best kind of reward is a good work atmosphere, to have an active participation taking decisions or having special trainings. Rewards should not be materials.

In my opinion companies should put more attention on that kind of workers those who are creative, who have leading skills and are mentally actives. Those are qualities that money can not buy.