An Empirically Testable Model of Maslow's Theory of Human Motivation: Specification and Analysis.

Abstract

Maslow's theory involves five different types of needs (levels) and describes the hypothesized relationships between them as they vary in their degree of strength and satisfaction. The objectives of this work are three-fold; (1) to mathematically model the basic parameters and relationships in Maslow's theory, (2) to derive hypotheses from this model, and (3) to use empirical data to test these hypotheses and reach conclusions about the validity of the underlying thoery. The model specifies ten hypotheses, all in mathematical form, nine of which are testable against six sets of survey data on Air Force officer and enlisted personnel. The results of the statistical analyses, most of them flowing from multiple linear regressions, displayed little or no evidence supporting the hypotheses derived directly from Maslow's theory. Only one hypothesis, which was indirectly tied to Maslow's theory, received good support from the statistical evidence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA032204

Entities

People

  • George C. Young Jr

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Applied Psychology
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Information Science
  • Motivation
  • Psychology
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Samples
  • Statistics
  • Students
  • Surveys

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