Despite the importance of motivation and job satisfaction, scholars have yet to identify how different types of motivation relate to job satisfaction. Building on self-determination theory, this study explores the relationship between intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, job performance, creative performance, and job satisfaction. This study proposes job performance and creative performance as potential mediators through which intrinsic and extrinsic rewards relate to job satisfaction. Data collected from 166 employees in India were used to test the hypothesis. In order to accomplish this objective, a questionnaire was distributed, and these relationships were tested through Structured Equation Modeling using SPSS software. This study revealed that intrinsic and extrinsic rewards positively influence job performance. In contrast, only intrinsic rewards positively influence creative performance, and extrinsic rewards do not have a significant influence on creative performance. The relationship between job performance and job satisfaction is statistically significant, and the relationship between creative performance and job satisfaction is statistically significant. This paper expands the external validity of previous research results of Western samples by finding the positive influence of intrinsic, extrinsic rewards indirect effects on job satisfaction.