Frederick Herzberg proposed a theory of motivation based on the idea that some factors motivate and some demotivate.

This is interesting because other theories saw motivation and demotivation occurring when the same single factor was changed.

Herzberg instead saw that hygiene factors caused dissatisfaction by their absence, but did not cause motivation by their increased presence. Imagine the office was too cold. This will dissatisfy you. However making the office exactly the right temperature will not motivate you positively.

Conversely, motivation factors include things such as achievement, growth and crucially work itself.

Hygiene factors include interpersonal relationships, work conditions, salary, status, etc



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