Penny for your thoughts? Randy Faris/The Image Bank via Getty Images May 16, 2023 Want more good ideas from your workers? Try giving them a reward – and a choice Aichia Chuang, University of North Carolina – Greensboro; Greg R. Oldham, Tulane University; Jing Zhou, Rice University, and Ryan Shuwei Hsu, National Chengchi University A recent study found that offering workers a choice of what type of reward they would like for offering good suggestions increased the volume of submissions and their creativity too.