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Frederick Herzberg
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American psychologist who proposed the two-factor theory of job satisfaction, distinguishing hygiene factors that prevent dissatisfaction from motivators that drive genuine motivation, foundational to industrial-organizational psychology's account of workplace motivation.
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionPeople are influenced by two sets of factors: hygiene or maintenance factors, and motivators. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Frederick Herzberg
Wikimedia FoundationMotivator-hygiene theory sectionQuote, Motivator-hygiene theory section
People are influenced by two sets of factors: hygiene or maintenance factors, and motivators.
1. Wikipedia: Frederick Herzberg
Wikimedia FoundationResearch sectionQuote, Research section
His research into the motivation to work was jointly published with Bernard Mausner and Barbara B. Snyderman, and his own Work and the Nature of Man was published in 1966.
Wikipedia: Two-Factor Theory
Wikimedia FoundationTheories and Concepts Developed: Two-Factor Theory, Fundamentals sectionQuote, Theories and Concepts Developed: Two-Factor Theory, Fundamentals section
The two-factor theory states that there are certain factors in the workplace that cause job satisfaction while a separate set of factors cause dissatisfaction, all of which act independently of each other.
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