Who Built Maslow’s Pyramid? A History of the Creation of Management Studies’ Most Famous Symbol and Its Implications for Management Education

Bridgman, Todd; Cummings, Stephen; Ballard, John

doi:10.5465/amle.2017.0351

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“…Even though the popularity of Maslow's theory is partly attributed to the iconic appeal of the pyramid (or, more accurately, the triangle), Maslow himself never used the triangle image. In a recent paper, Bridgman, Cummings, and Ballard [34] traced the origins of the triangle visualisation to a manuscript of the consulting psychologist Charles McDermid [35]. After that, the image was popularized by management textbooks.…”

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Beyond Maslow’s Pyramid: Introducing a Typology of Thirteen Fundamental Needs for Human-Centered Design

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Fokkinga

2020

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This paper introduces a design-focused typology of psychological human needs that includes 13 fundamental needs and 52 sub-needs (four for each fundamental need). The typology was developed to provide a practical understanding of psychological needs as a resource for user-centered design practice and research with a focus on user experience and well-being. The first part of the manuscript briefly reviews Abraham Maslow’s pioneering work on human needs, and the underlying propositions, main contributions and limitations of his motivational theory. The review results in a set of requirements for a design-focused typology of psychological needs. The second part reports on the development of the new typology. The thirteen needs were selected from six existing typologies with the use of five criteria that distinguish fundamental from non-fundamental needs. The resulting typology builds on the strengths of Maslow’s need hierarchy but rejects the hierarchical structure and adds granularity to the need categories. The third part of the paper describes three examples of how the need typology can inform design practice, illustrated with student design cases. It also presents three means for communicating the need typology. The general discussion section reflects on implications and limitations and proposes ideas for future research.

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Beyond Maslow’s Pyramid: Introducing a Typology of Thirteen Fundamental Needs for Human-Centered Design

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2020

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“…Two recent examples strike me as interesting for being consensus-breaking and conversation-starting: Cummings et al (2016), for instance, analyzed historical records to find that Kurt Lewin never did create the popular model of change managementof unfreezing, change and refreezingeven if many have acknowledged him as the creator of such a model; in a similar vein, Bridgman et al (2019) found that Abraham Maslow never did draw the ubiquitous pyramid of needs that has so captured the imagination of theoreticians and practitioners alike. The point is that these studies encourage readers to question conventional wisdom and assumptions, and open up new ways of thinking.…”

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Revisiting basics: theoretically-grounded interesting research that addresses challenges that matter

Chan

2020

Construction Management and Economics

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Revisiting basics: theoretically-grounded interesting research that addresses challenges that matter In this editorial, I reflect on my last 6 years as associate editor for Construction Management and Economics to explain common problems found in manuscripts rejected in our peer-review process. These issues highlight the importance of engaging with current conversations in and related to the field, and the need to strengthen our contributions so that we as a collective community can advance and challenge fundamental assumptions in the ways we think about our research questions. To do so, recommendations are made on the use of citations of previous research, and the logic of rhetorical moves in a typical article so that the research framing in the frontend and the discussion of results in the back-end can more convincingly, coherently and comprehensively emphasize the news value of studies published in this journal. By returning to the basics of what editors and reviewers look for in papers, I also make the case for finding a balance between theoretical rigour and practical engagement with challenges that matter in our field. It is my vision, as incoming editor-in-chief, to encourage not just strong theoretical engagement in the manuscripts we accept, but also to start interesting conversations around subject matters relevant to our field.

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“…This framework is perhaps best recognised through what has been called Maslow's model of a hierarchy of needs, and this is often the form in which the theoretical framework is used in research studies. The creation and use of this model for underpinning research has been strongly questioned (Bridgman, Cummings, & Ballard, 2019); again, the background theories that led to this framework contextualise it in important ways.…”

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Theories, theoretical and conceptual frameworks, models and constructs: Limiting research outcomes through misconceptions and misunderstandings

Passey

2020

Studies in Technology Enhanced Learning

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Contributing to knowledge or theory is generally a standard requirement for research and doctoral studies. Whether that contribution should be from a research, policy or practice perspective is often not specifically stated as a requirement, yet one or all are certainly possible. A doctoral study (or indeed any research study) is usually quite firmly cast or framed within a form of theoretical or conceptual framework. Yet, even the definition, selection and formulation of a framework that is appropriate and that can inform a study throughout its various phases and stages is sometimes considered a 'doctoral or research challenge' in itself. This paper will argue that the way models, frameworks or theories-all of which in this current paper are collectively termed underpinnings-are conceived and used could well determine whether, how and to what extent a thesis or research study might contribute to a wider knowledge base. The paper offers a theoretical strategic analysis of the issue. It will explore what a conceptual or theoretical framework for a doctoral or wider research study is, what role or roles it can take, and whether, how and to what extent a study might contribute to knowledge or theory. The paper will conclude with ways to question approaches to roles of conceptual or theoretical underpinnings that do not limit the potential of a thesis or study to contribute to theory.

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Who Built Maslow’s Pyramid? A History of the Creation of Management Studies’ Most Famous Symbol and Its Implications for Management Education

Cited by 105 publications

References 61 publications

Beyond Maslow’s Pyramid: Introducing a Typology of Thirteen Fundamental Needs for Human-Centered Design

Beyond Maslow’s Pyramid: Introducing a Typology of Thirteen Fundamental Needs for Human-Centered Design

Revisiting basics: theoretically-grounded interesting research that addresses challenges that matter

Theories, theoretical and conceptual frameworks, models and constructs: Limiting research outcomes through misconceptions and misunderstandings

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