Want to retain your best employees? Your first thought may be to offer them a raise, but as it turns out, the old adage is right: Money doesn’t buy happiness.

Many studies have shown that employees with high job satisfaction are generally more productive, engaged and loyal to their companies. Hiring managers, HR experts and business leaders weighed in on the best ways to keep employees satisfied when salary isn’t the driving factor.

Nicole Fallon Taylor suggests 11 tips like ‘Be transparant’ of ‘recognize and reward employees’ in a post on businessnewsdaily.com