The Instinctoid Nature of Basic Needs1

Appreciation: An Empirical Review on the Colossal Impact on Telecom Industry Employee Retention in Malaysia

“…Whereas, extrinsic rewards are external and tangible and reflect lowerorder human needs such as food. Thus, Maslow in his theory 1954) concluded that employees can be motivated by satisfying their needs. Nevertheless, employees are motivated through recognition, an increase in responsibility, high status, appreciation and positive feedback in the organization.…”

An Empirical Research of Supervisor-subordinate Guanxi in Enterprises

“…The so-called personal needs of safety refer to not being invaded or threatened physically and mentally and not surviving in panic life. Maslow [10] also mentioned that, in addition to physical security, employees would expect to acquire needs of job security, covering job stability and seniority security. Job security from an enterprise, including employees' physical and mental health, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and the reduction of turnover intention, would affect the employees' work attitudes and work results.…”

Employee Satisfaction: A Case Study of Information and Communication Technology Sector in Bangladesh.

“…Based on Maslow"s theory, job satisfaction has been approached by some researchers from the perspective of need fulfillment [1,2].…”