Frederick Herzberg

"This book reports the findings from a study of job motivation based on a fresh approach to this problem. It is an important study, since the analyses and interpretations of the authors suggest that a …"

"The factors that are rarely instrumental in bringing about high job attitudes focus not on the job itself but rather on the characteristics of the context in which the job is done: working conditions,…"

"The results of this study are presented under three general headings. The first, and most extensive, section consists of data relating to the factors that lead to positive and negative attitudes towar…"

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

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

"In 1950, I received my PhD in psychology. I was offered a fellowship to attend the Graduate School of Public Health at the. My major was to be in industrial mental health under the direction of an ind…"

"In our first pilot study we talked with clerical and production workers as well as professional and managerial people. We discovered that the professional and managerial groups were more verbal, showe…"

"Job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction are not the obverse of each other... The opposite of job satisfaction would not be job dissatisfaction, but rather would be no job satisfaction. Similarly, the…"