Angela herzberg biography motivation

American psychologist

Frederick Irving Herzberg (April 18, – January 19, ^[1]) was an American psychologist who became one of the most influential names in business management.^[2][3] He is most famous for introducing job enrichment and the Motivator-Hygiene theory.

His publication "One More Time, How Do You Motivate Employees?" had sold million reprints by and was the most requested article from the Harvard Business Review.^{[4]:&#;–&#;}

Personal life

Herzberg was born in in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Gertrude and Lewis Herzberg, who were Jewish Lithuanian immigrants.

He was brought up in New York City,^[1] and enrolled at the City College of New York in He did not finish his studies as he enlisted in the army. In he married Shirley Bedell, who later became a pediatrician.

During his military service Herzberg was involved in the relocation of internees from the Dachau Concentration Camp after its libera