Maslow Hierarchy of Needs and Job Satisfaction

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Essay on Maslow hierarchy of need and Job satisfaction
It has been observed that it is necessary for the top authority to focus on the
concepts like Maslow hierarchy needs and job satisfaction. The Maslow
hierarchy of model is known as the popular motivational theories that
emphasizes on fulfilling the requirements of the workers and job satisfaction
is related to the willingness of the workers in context to assigned work by the
management.
This paper will discuss about the two concepts such as the first theory is
Maslow hierarchy of needs and the second concept is job satisfaction. The
first concept that will be described is Maslow hierarchy of needs which will
focus on the requirement of workers that should be satisfied. The second
concept is job satisfaction that is linked with the first concept. So, this paper
will elaborate these concepts and theories that are beneficial for the
company to be attained so that growth can be attained in the competitive
market.
 Maslow hierarchy of needs
It is the popular theories of motivation that are considered by the
management as it helps boosting the motivational level among the workers.
It is observed that this is psychological theory that was given by Abraham
Maslow in 1943. This Model is considered so that it could be simple to boost
the motivation among the workers in relation to the set needs that are
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necessary for the employees. The basic needs of the employees relate with
physical survival and also with the basic requirement of the workers (Lee &
Raschke, 2016).
It is examined that there are five stages in this model that is important to be
considered by the workers as it assists in fulfilling it to boost workers
engagement. The first stage of this model emphasizes on the physiological
needs which is needed for the human survival. It has been examined that if
these needs are not fulfilled then it can impact the motivational factor of the
employees. This need is one of the essential requirements of the employees
in relation to the other needs that can be managed effectively (Van den
Broeck, Ferris, Chang & Rosen, 2016).
Next stage is safety needs in which the emphasis is on elements like
security, order law and also stability is considered by the employees. The
management should emphasize on maintaining the security of the
employees at the work so that they can be motivated and can give their best
towards the allocated work (Chang & Lin, 2017).
Love and belongingness needs is the next stage that focuses on fulfilling the
third level needs of the employees such as social and also involve the
feelings of the belongingness. It has been examined that the need for the
interpersonal behavior helps to motivate the behavior of the employees
(Fallatah & Syed, 2018).
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