ADM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Clayton Alderfer, Frederick Herzberg, Abraham Maslow

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Administration
• Course: ADM 1300
• Professor: Bernard Guite

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4 theories: hierarchy of needs theory, erg theory, two- factor theory, acquired needs theory. Lower-order and higher-order needs affect workplace behaviour and attitudes. Desires for physical and social well being. Existence needs - desires for physiological and material well- being. Relatedness needs - desires for satisfying interpersonal relationships. Growth needs - desires for continued psychological growth and development. One is hygiene factors, another one is satis er factors. When people high in (nach) prefer work, they will involves individual responsibility for results, also involves achievable but challenging goals and nally provides feedback on performance. Worker involves control over other persons, they has an impact on people and events and they also bring public recognition and attention. Workers involves interpersonal relationships, they provides for companionship and they also bring social approval. How people make choices to work hard or not, and choices are based on individual preferences, available rewards and possible work outcomes. People respond to perceived negative inequity by changing.