Reading this I felt like "everything old is new again." I wonder how
what they are going to say will differ significantly from Herzberg's
1957 work on employee motivation?
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>From: Bill Stavros[SMTP:
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>Sent: Friday, September 26, 1997 12:34 PM
>To:
MG-ED-DV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
>Subject: EMPLOYEE RETENTION
>
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