Abraham Harold Maslow
(1908–70)An American psychologist who developed a theory of self-actualization from his observations of well-functioning individuals. He is often seen as the leading proponent of the so-called Third ...
actualization
The realization of latent potential. Compare self-actualization. actualize vb. [From Latin actualis of or relating to acts, from actus an act + Greek -izein cause to become or to resemble]
ERG theory
(existence, relatedness, and growth theory)A theory of human motivation that focuses on three groups of needs that form a hierarchy: existence needs (physical and material wants); relatedness needs ...
experiential therapy
Any of a group of techniques of psychotherapy that focus on emotional release, inner growth, and self-actualization, including encounter groups, Gestalt therapy, primal therapy, and transcendental ...
hierarchy of needs
A layered and categorical view of human need developed by Abraham Maslow, often used as the starting point or background to understanding basic consumer motivation. In this model, only a few people ...
human relations theory
An approach to management based on the idea that employees are motivated not only by financial reward but also by a range of social factors (e.g. praise, a sense of belonging, feelings of achievement ...
humanistic psychology
An approach to psychology that became popular in the 1960s, influenced by existentialism and phenomenology, stressing individual free will, responsibility, and self-actualization. See also ...
intrinsic motivation
An incentive to do something that arises from factors within the individual, such as a need to feel useful or to seek self-actualization. Compare extrinsic motivation. See intrinsic reward; ...
job satisfaction
The sense of fulfilment and pride felt by people who enjoy their work and do it well. This feeling is enhanced if the significance of the work done and its value are recognized by those in authority ...
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
A conceptual model of human motivation developed by the American behavioral scientist Abraham Maslow in 1954. The model is based on the premise that much human behavior is goal directed. At the most ...
metamotivation
In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the motivation associated with self-actualization. Maslow held that self-actualizers are motivated by values outside of themselves, such as seeking truth, goodness, ...
motivation
The mental processes that arouse, sustain, and direct human behaviour. Motivation may stem from processes taking place within an individual (intrinsic motivation) or from the impact of factors acting ...
motivator factors
Are features of work that affect job satisfaction according to Herzberg's two-factor theory. They include promotion opportunities, opportunities for personal growth, recognition, responsibility, and ...
need-hierarchy theory
The proposition put forward by the US psychologist Abraham Maslow (1908–70) in his book Motivation and Personality (1954, 1970) that human needs fall into five categories that form the following ...
Organizational Design Movement
Also known as the ‘neo-human relations school’ or ‘organizational psychology’, this was a group of writers who were influential in American and European business schools in the 1960s. The most ...
self
The elusive ‘I’ that shows an alarming tendency to disappear when we try to introspect it. See bundle theory of the mind or self, Cartesian dualism, personal identity.
