Does Herzberg's motivation theory have staying power?

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 929-943

  Bassett Jones, Nigel ^a   Lloyd, Geoffrey C ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Ideas generation; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044471361     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710510627064     Document Type: Article

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