Nearly 40 years ago in the Harvard Business Review, Frederick Herzberg addressed ideas about how to motivate employees. 1 In this review, Herzberg identified motivating factors imperative in the work environment: achievement, recognition for achievement, actual work, responsibility, and growth or advancement. A survey presented in Herzberg's publication of over 1600 employees from various backgrounds including hospital personnel and nurses revealed that job satisfaction is more likely to result from these motivating factors as opposed to dissatisfaction-avoidance factors like salary, working conditions, and interpersonal 736242H PXXXX10.
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