Hygiene Theory

The Goal-Directed and the Behavioral Schools of study represent two of the most popular views of motivation. In the Goal-Directed School of Motivation, the inner drives of individuals are examined to explain why human behavior takes place. Examples of goal-directed theories include the Needs-Hierarchy Theory, the Need-Achievement Theory, and the Motivational Hygiene Theory. Examples of... 

How can the motivational hygiene theory of motivation be used to improve a safety program ... 

Another influential theory of motivation was proposed by Herzberg et al. (1959). This theory postulates only two levels of motivation. Herzberg contrasted wages, working conditions, interpersonal relations and supervisory behavior which he called "hygiene" factors, with recognition, achievement, responsibility, and advancement which he called "motivators."... 

Wills-Karp M, Santeliz J. Karp CL The 38 germless theory of allergic disease revisiting the hygiene hypothesis. Nat Rev Immunol 2001 1 69-75. 

Cralley L.J., Cralley L.V. (eds) Patty s Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology. Volume III Theory and Rationale of Industrial Hygiene Practice. 2nd ed., 3A The Work Environment. Wiley, New York (1985)... 

The history of contemporary genomic-based environmental health sciences is just beginning to be written (Shostak 2003b). On industrial hygiene and occupational disease research and politics, see, for example, Corn (1992), Sellers (1997), Gottlieb (1993), Rosner and Markowitz (1987), and Markowitz and Rosner (2002), On environmental theories and politics of cancer, see Epstein (1979) and Proctor (1995),... 

Atomic absorption has become the primary method for determining metal concentrations in industrial hygiene samples. The types of samples that can be analyzed in AAS will be discussed along with acid digestion methods and AAS atomization techniques. No attempt will be made to thoroughly review the theory... 

On many occasions, Lenin and his colleagues took the threat of contamination more literally and spoke in metaphors drawn from the science of hygiene and the germ theory of disease. Thus it became possible to talk of petit-bourgeois bacilli and "infection. The shift in imagery was not far-fetched, for Lenin did want to keep the party in an environment that was as sterile and germ-free as possible lest the party contract one of the many diseases lurking outside. ... 

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