An inquiry into the continuing relevance of herzberg's motivation theory

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-20

  Phillipchuk, Jim ^a,c   Whittaker, John ^b  

^a Northwestern Utilities Limited   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERZBERG MOTIVATION THEORY; HYGIENE FACTORS; MOTIVATORS;

EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYMENT; GRAPHIC METHODS; JOB SATISFACTION; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL; SURVEYS;

JOB ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030105910     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.1996.11414873     Document Type: Article

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