The Ghost Of Herzberg Motivational Theory: Motivators And Demotivators

Abstract

Managers tend to sense, that many employees could do more. The question is: What can we do to influence them to contribute more than job description reguqires? Herzberg answer it, but his Two-Factor Theory has not received strong support in the literature. Accordingly, the basic objective of this scientific debate is to examine the relevance Herzberg motivation theory in terms of the economic crisis. Scientific research methods applied in confirming the working hypothesis about the ghost of Herbzerg motivation theory in recession time based on scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, methods of descriptive statistics and method of linear programming. The resulting findings suggest that any manager should not ignore its recommendations.