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If you want people to do a good job, give them a good job to do — an enriched job.

— Frederick Herzberg Frederick Herzberg in: Randall B. Dunham (1984)

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Man has two sets of needs: his need as an animal to avoid pain and his need as a human to grow psychologically.

Idleness, indifference and irresponsibility are healthy responses to absurd work... If you want people motivated to do a good job, give them a good job to do.

Frederick Herzberg in: Alfie Kohn (1999)

True motivation comes from achievement, personal development, job satisfaction, and recognition.

Dissatisfiers led to dissatisfaction because of the need to avoid pain for situations that caused discomfort; satisfiers led to job satisfaction because of a need for growth or self-actualization.

Among the factors of hygiene we have included supervision, interpersonal relations, physical working conditions, salary, company policies and administrative practices, benefits, and job security.

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