Does Cash Have More Clout in Down Times?

Money made the top of the list as a “meaningful reward for a job well done” in a recent survey by the Society for Incentive & Travel Executives Foundation. Some 91 percent of respondents — a cross-section of working Americans — said they preferred cash bonuses, followed by special training/professional development (74 percent), recognition at a company meeting (70 percent), stock options (65 percent), and travel (61 percent).