PSYCHOLOGIST

Frederick Herzberg

1923 - 2000

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Frederick Irving Herzberg (April 18, 1923 – January 19, 2000) was an American psychologist who became one of the most influential names in business management. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick Herzberg has received more than 566,503 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Herzberg is the 90th most popular psychologist (down from 66th in 2019), the 1,618th most popular biography from United States (down from 990th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Psychologist.

Herzberg is most famous for his two-factor theory of motivation. The theory proposes that there are two basic factors of motivation: the "hygiene factors" (e.g. salary, working conditions) and the "motivators" (e.g. responsibility, recognition).

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Frederick Herzberg ranks 90 out of 235. Before him are Walter Bradford Cannon, Donald O. Hebb, Hugo Münsterberg, David McClelland, Rollo May, and James McKeen Cattell. After him are Rudolf Arnheim, Muzafer Sherif, Théodule-Armand Ribot, Vladimir Bekhterev, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, and Marie-Louise von Franz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Frederick Herzberg ranks 66. Before him are Merton Miller, Robert Maxwell, Vladimir Gelfand, Rasul Gamzatov, Antony Flew, and Cliff Robertson. After him are Gyula Lóránt, Lola Flores, Yelena Bonner, Diane Arbus, Aaron Spelling, and Chuck Yeager. Among people deceased in 2000, Frederick Herzberg ranks 45. Before him are Willard Van Orman Quine, Carlo M. Cipolla, Merton Miller, Akira Nozawa, Leonid Rogozov, and A. E. van Vogt. After him are Michael Smith, Saburō Sakai, Petar Mladenov, Jan Karski, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, and Yasuo Suzuki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frederick Herzberg ranks 1,618 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph Nye (1937), Frank Drake (1930), Sidney Bechet (1897), Cliff Robertson (1923), Edward James Olmos (1947), and Karen Allen (1951). After him are Billy Milligan (1955), John C. Mather (1946), Emmett Till (1941), Kenneth G. Wilson (1936), Kirk Hammett (1962), and Mariah Carey (1969).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Frederick Herzberg ranks 33. Before him are Jean Tatlock (1914), G. Stanley Hall (1846), Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), David McClelland (1917), Rollo May (1909), and James McKeen Cattell (1860). After him are Benjamin Bloom (1913), Clark L. Hull (1884), Harry Stack Sullivan (1892), Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944), Robert Cialdini (1945), and Robert Sternberg (1949).

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