ALDERFER's hierarchical model

Alderfer (1969, 1972) tries to reformulate the Maslow model grouping the needs of individuals in 3 categories and tries to reformulate the hierarchical relationships between them.

ALDERFER's hierarchical model

NEEDS.

Need for existence. The needs of existence are related to the material requirements for survival, such as food, water, oxygen, etc.

Need for interpersonal relationship and interaction with other people

Growth or development needs Person., that the subject himself value positively in his person.

Alderfer Avoid strict hierarchy of needs since empirical research does not support this aspect of Maslow's theory. Formulates a series of propositions on relationships between desire for objects related to a certain group of needs and satisfaction or frustration related to these objects.

Propositions that claim that the less satisfied a need is to satisfy; The less a need for "higher order" is satisfied, the more the satisfaction of the lower order needs is desired and the more a type of needs is met, the more the satisfaction of higher order needs is desired.

The total satisfaction of the lower order needs is not necessary so that those of higher order are arrogant. Stop facing higher order needs can increase not only its own intensity but also that of higher order needs.

Other taxonomies reduce levels even more, suggesting only 2 groups of needs: biological needs against all others; so that the notion of hierarchy becomes something similar to the theory of the double factor of Herzberg.

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