Abraham Maslow Abraham Maslow is a well know theorist and psychologist know for his theory on Human Motivation, more specifically Maslow‘s needs Hierarchy theory. Abraham Maslow “noticed while he worked with monkeys early in his career, was that some needs take precedence over others” (Boeree, 1998). Maslow thought that people have certain tendencies and needs towards certain things when confronted with two different subjects. For instance, Maslow said that “if you are hungry and thirsty, …showed first 75 words of 969 total…

…showed last 75 words of 969 total…of the same-level needs” (Kreitner, 2001). One may think that Lawler’s ideas seem to be more consistent with most people. Human beings are faced with different challenges at different times of their lives, so there is no way that Maslow’s hierarchy can apply to each and ever person. Although, his views “has not stood up well under actual testing, it teaches managers one important lesson: a fulfilled need does not motivate an individual” (Kreitner, 2001).