Talk:Frederick Herzberg

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More information about this article... The following comments have been left for this page: The origin of the term 'Hygiene Factor' may be of interest and included subject to verification: "In 1884 a cholera epidemic spread from the south of France to Naples. This raged until 1911 and the Italian government did nothing to fix the problem in Naples but simply threw a cordon sanitaire around the city until the epidemic died out with the loss of many thousands of people. Historians have analysed this episode very closely and concluded that the city hygiene was to blame. Naples employed just six street cleaners. Their job was not just to sweep the streets but to un-block the open sewers. When the number of street cleaners dropped to four the epidemic exploded. This is why the term ‘Hygiene Factor’ was coined by Frederick Herzberg." crazeygrazey (edit)

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how about the critics of herzbergs theory? especially the way people attribute failure to external factors, while they attribute success to internal factors, in other words, themselves?

if you looked in Two factor theory, you would see criticisms of the theory. --Flangiel 12:19, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

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Shouldn't this page be about Frederick Herzberg, not two factor theory? Herzberg was a person, not a theory. If you look at Einstein, you will only see the theory of general relativity discussed in terms of its history, not what the theory actually is. --Flangiel 09:55, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My assumptions, open crtique is open heartedly welcome.

Asalamolaikum! Herzberg Theory is somehow the suffering of Herzberg as being the citizen of USA. I've assumed it, because, the pressure of being totally independent person and lack of interpersonal communcication in such a state as Herzberg mentioned in the theory himself its need could lead him to such work. His suffering might have enabled him to find happiness and pleasure in his job which he termed as 'task design' and 'good salary package'. But, heigine factors or manual work can make a person satisfy or dissatisfy either. His social pressure and flawed traditions forced him to find motivation in his job work, which i think one cannot without the interpersonal communication with family. Thanking you all... Faria Shahid Punjab University B.S(Hons) Lahore Pakistan. Allah Hafiz.. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.148.64.18 (talk) 16:11, 19 February 2007 (UTC).