From: Romie Littrell [mailto:
littrellaom@yahoo.co.nz]
Hi Jay, I'm putting together a reading list and will
provide it. There are a number of empirical studies on
the theory. From responses to my posts to several
listservers, it appears that many academics haven't
read anything since Wahba & Bridwell (1976). What I
was looking for was recent evidence to support the
reviewer's comments, which I haven't found.
Regards,
Romie
--- Jay Warner <
quality@a2q.com> wrote:
> And when you find it, please post a summary. In my
> world ("Quality,"
> self styled TQM people, and HR trainers) Maslow is
> considered to have it
> down cold.
>
> Jay
>
> Charles Wankel wrote:
>
> >From: Romie Littrell
> [mailto:
littrellaom@yahoo.co.nz]
> >
> > A few months ago I read and contributed to an
> interesting chain discussing
> >the theories of Maslow. My apologies, but I do not
> remember which of the
> >several lists I monitor carried this. I recently
> submitted an article to a
> >journal in which I used Maslow's most recent theory
> as a basis of
> >interpreting results of analyses. Silly me, I was
> unaware that he had been
> >discredited. Comments from an editor:
> >
> > "Reviewer 1 did not think that you need to rely on
> Maslow to make this
> >connection. I have a similar reaction. I think
> you could discuss the
> >concept of work values directly without having to
> rely on Maslow. Given the
> >dispute on the validity of Maslows need hierarchy,
> I agree that you would
> >be better off not relying on this to make your
> argument."
> >
> > Can one of you direct me to the source of this
> dispute? And/or comment on
> >the editor's comments?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Romie
> >
> > =====
> Jay Warner
=====
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Romie F. Littrell, PhD, An fánaí fiáin
Faculty of Business, Auckland University of Technology
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