Abstract
The purpose of this study was to test Frederick Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene Theory with public school administrators. The sample was randomly drawn from administrators in the 132 high schools in the Chicago, Illinois, suburban area. The data indicated the sample of administrators reported sequences of events that fit consistently with the Motivation-Hygiene Theory. The data lead to the conclusion that administrators are highly motivated by achievement, recognition, and advancement, but not very much by salary, good interpersonal relations, effective policy and administration, and supervision, which are so often used as motivators. Factors such as salary, interpersonal relations, policy and administration, and supervision were observed to be highly dissatisfying to the administrator, however, when not effectively present.
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