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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionPeople are influenced by two sets of factors: hygiene or maintenance factors, and motivators. 1 Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Frederick Herzberg
Wikimedia FoundationMotivator-hygiene theory section
People are influenced by two sets of factors: hygiene or maintenance factors, and motivators.
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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.
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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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