Question

A survey showed that while most employees were pleased with the company's advancement opportunities and merit system, they were dissatisfied with factors such as pay scale and sharing an office with someone they disliked. These results exemplify which theory of motivation?

Answer 1

Answer: Two factor theory

Explanation:

This theory was developed by Frederick Herzberg. It states while there are factors that leads to job satisfaction in a workplace, there are also another factor that leads to job dissatisfaction. The fact that there are independent of each other makes it the TWO-FACTOR theory. The two factors observed by Frederick are motivators and hygiene factors. Motivators will make employees more productive while in the absence of hygiene factors, employees will work less.

Answer 2

Answer:

Two-factor theory

Explanation:

The two-factor theory states that there are certain factors in the workplace that cause job satisfaction while a separate set of factors cause dissatisfaction, all of which act independently of each other. For instance, A survey showed that while most employees were pleased with the company's advancement opportunities and merit system, they were dissatisfied with factors such as pay scale and sharing an office with someone they disliked.