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two-factor theory

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two-factor theory

Theory that motivation factors in the workplace can be divided into two kinds. The first are those factors that tend to lead to increased job satisfaction, such as achievement, recognition, and responsibility. The second are those factors that tend to lead to job dissatisfaction, including work conditions, salary, and company policies. The theory is the result of research carried out by US psychologist and management theorist Fred Herzberg during the 1950s.



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Similarly to further authenticate our argument we consider Herzberg''s two-factor theory that also lays stress on work space environment, and was included among dissatisfiers or hygiene factors.
Other researchers contributing to the human relations perspective include Douglas McGregor, who explored how management styles influenced behaviour, and Frederick Herzberg, who proposed the two-factor theory of motivation.
Also struck by the notion of internal conflict in the individual, Herzberg's (1959) Two-Factor Theory divides motivation at work into the relation between factors arising from intrinsic conditions of the job itself (e.
 
 
 
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