Abstract
The dual labor market theory grew out of efforts to explain particular patterns of worker behavior revealed in labor market studies of several of the larger SMSA's. Proponents of the dual labor market hypothesis postulate that the separation between primary and secondary labor markets centers around job and worker stability and restricted movement of workers between these two markets (2, 3, 6, 9, 15, 17, 20, 21). This paper argues that the usefulness of the dual theory is diminished because of the simplistic treatment of worker stability which may be corrected by the use of motivation-hygiene theory which emphasizes worker satisfaction; then it presents an interdisciplinary version of the dual labor theory which is a more general empirical model of labor market stratification than the existing formulation. The discussion is divided into three major sections. First, a brief review is provided of the dual labor market theory and its oversimplifications. Next, a specific discussion of job satisfaction and worker behavior is presented utilizing the Herzberg motivator-hygiene theory. Finally, the motivator-hygiene and dual labor theories are merged to create an empirical method for predicting worker instability and accurately identifying the separation between the primary and secondary market.
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