“True motivation comes from achievement, personal development, job satisfaction, and recognition.”

—  Frederick Herzberg

Attributed to Frederick Herzberg in: Stuart Crainer, ‎Des Dearlove (2004), Financial Times Handbook of Management. p. 229

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American psychologist 1923–2000

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