Herzberg's Dual-Structure Theory Was a Response to the Prevailing Thinking

question 49

Multiple Choice

Herzberg's dual-structure theory was a response to the prevailing thinking that

• A) job loyalty ranged from loyalty to disloyalty.
• B) job satisfaction ranged from satisfaction to dissatisfaction.
• C) job motivation ranged from motivation to demotivation.
• D) job ability ranged from ability to disability.
• E) job motivation ranged from progression to regression.

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Definitions:

Centralized Decision Making

A process where decisions are made by a few people or a single authority, rather than being dispersed among many.

Destroy Incentives

To eliminate or significantly reduce the motivations or reasons for individuals or entities to take a particular action or endeavor.

Society's Resources

The total means available to a society, including natural resources, human capital, and manufactured goods, used for production and consumption.

Free-Market System

An economic system where prices for goods and services are determined by the open market and consumers, in which the laws and forces of supply and demand are free from any intervention by a government, price-setting monopoly, or other authority.