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An empirical test of the Herzberg two-factor theory.

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This article is published in Journal of Applied Psychology.The article was published on 1966-12-01. It has received 170 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Job design & Two-factor theory.

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What is job satisfaction

TL;DR: Using Rand's theory of emotions as a starting point, the concepts of satisfaction, dissatisfaction, value, emotion, and appraisal, and their interrelationships are discussed, and the present theory of job satisfaction is contrasted with previous theories.
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Herzberg's dual‐factor theory of job satisfaction and motivation: a review of the evidence and a criticism

TL;DR: The dual-factor theory of motivation was first proposed by Herzberg, Mausner and Snyderman as mentioned in this paper, who reported that man has two sets of needs: his need as an animal to avoid pain, and his need to grow psychologically.
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Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory and job satisfaction in the malaysian retail sector: the mediating effect of love of money

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined what motivates employees in the retail industry, and examined their level of job satisfaction, using Herzberg's hygiene factors and motivators, and found that hygiene factors were the dominant motivators of sales personnel job satisfaction.
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Work and motivation

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors integrate the work of hundreds of researchers in individual workplace behavior to explain choice of work, job satisfaction, and job performance, including motivation, goal incentive, and attitude.
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The motivation to work

TL;DR: Motivation and performance are not merely dependent upon environmental needs and external rewards as discussed by the authors, but instead, satisfaction came most often from factors intrinsic to work: achievements, job recognition, and work that was challenging, interesting, and responsible.
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The Motivation to Work.

TL;DR: Motivation and performance are not merely dependent upon environmental needs and external rewards as mentioned in this paper, but instead, satisfaction came most often from factors intrinsic to work: achievements, job recognition, and work that was challenging, interesting, and responsible.
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The construction of a new type of attitude measure

TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative or projective attitude scale is proposed to measure the attitude of an individual in an attitude survey, where the attitude is expressed as a series of faces from extremely positive to extremely negative, and the faces have been quantified so that attitude scales in which they are used can be scored in the same manner as can any other form of attitude measuring device.