What does the presence of adequate hygiene factors achieve, according to Herzberg?

Answer

It moves an employee from a state of overt unhappiness to a neutral baseline.

Hygiene factors are baseline expectations; when they are present and adequately managed, they remove active dissatisfaction, resulting in a neutral state where employees are not unhappy, but not necessarily satisfied or motivated.

What does the presence of adequate hygiene factors achieve, according to Herzberg?
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