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Fundamentally, hygiene factors are required to make sure a worker is not dissatisfied. Motivation factors are desired to motivate a worker to higher performance. Herzberg also further classified peoples actions and how and why they do them, for instance, if one performs a work related action because they have to then that is ranked as movement, but if one performs a work related action because they want to then that is ranked as motivation (Scheid, 2010).

The principles of Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene theory have been applied to a wide variety of factors influencing worker satisfaction. These factors comprise: working circumstances, quality of supervision, salary, status, security, company, job, company policies and interpersonal associations (Two Factor Theory -- Herzberg, Frederick, 2011). In the application of Motivation-Hygiene theory to this study of employee attendance and satisfaction, the factor that will be looked at is that of onsite childcare programs.

Utilizing this theory in regards to employee attendance and motivation it can be said that if a company provides onsite childcare, employees will attend work at a higher rate and thus will be more motivated and perform better.
According to the theory hygiene factors such as fringe benefits do not provide employees with satisfaction but a lack of these can lead to dissatisfaction. Thus if an employer provides onsite childcare as a fringe benefit, workers would attend work more frequently and therefore be less dissatisfied and better performers.

The following statement represents the underlying logic for designing and conducting this study. If employers believe that: (a) their efforts and actions produce motivated employees, (b) employees who don't have to worry about daily childcare are more likely to attend work and be more motivated and (c) onsite childcare can be provided with minimal effort, then providing onsite childcare will increase daily attendance and thus lead to highly motivated employees who have better performance than previously seen......

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