motivation-hygiene theory

 
 
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author:
Herzberg, Frederick, Mausner, Bernard and Snyderman, Barbara
country:
United States
period:
1959
type:
theory
role:
change agent, coach and manager
activity:
analyse, design, implement and reflect
topic:
leadership & management and personnel management
abstr. level:
individual
perspective:
sociopolitical
status:
final
module:
classics I
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In the late 1950's, the American psychologists Herzberg, Mausner and Snyderman, analysed the foundations of job motivation based on a large-scale literature review and a survey amongst 200 engineers and accountants from the Pittsburgh area. They challenged the traditional view that workers are only satisfied or dissatisfied with their jobs and proposed a system with dual continuums of satisfi...

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