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Author | Abraham Maslow |
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Original title | Eupsychian Management: A Journal |
Language | English |
Subject | Psychology |
Publisher | R. D. Irwin (1965) |
Publication date | 1965 |
Media type | |
Pages | 277 |
Maslow on Management (originally Eupsychian Management: A Journal) is a work on industrial psychology by Abraham Maslow, first published in 1965. Maslow's work is frequently invoked in attempts to explain and predict work behavior. [1] In his work Maslow advocated the eupsychian (meaning moving towards psychological health or self-actualization) [2] management as the ideal model for industrial organizations. [3] Maslow took a keen interest in the application of humanistic psychology beyond one-on-one therapy to larger endeavors in organizations and education settings, where greater numbers of people could be positively affected. [4]
The idea for Eupsychian Management originated with a journal of Maslow's impressions of his 1962 observations of a California electronics plant. The study resulted in Maslow conceiving a theoretical framework on which research in the area of self-actualization may be applied to industrial organizations. [5] Not wanting to use the word "utopian", Maslow coined the term "eupsychian" to describe human-oriented institutions generated by self-actualized people. He said it could also be used to mean "moving toward psychological health". [6]
Maslow noted the commitment to work in self-actualizing people's lives: "These highly evolved individuals assimilate their work into the identity, into the self, ie, work actually becomes part of the self, part of the individual's definition of himself." [7] These most highly evolved persons would actually assimilate work as part of their personal identity. [8]
Maslow's industrial motivation theory has been criticized for tending to emphasize only identification of second-level outcomes. [9]
Maslow wrote extensively concerning the application of humanistic psychology to management. Relevant publications include:
![]() First edition (with original title) | |
Author | Abraham Maslow |
---|---|
Original title | Eupsychian Management: A Journal |
Language | English |
Subject | Psychology |
Publisher | R. D. Irwin (1965) |
Publication date | 1965 |
Media type | |
Pages | 277 |
Maslow on Management (originally Eupsychian Management: A Journal) is a work on industrial psychology by Abraham Maslow, first published in 1965. Maslow's work is frequently invoked in attempts to explain and predict work behavior. [1] In his work Maslow advocated the eupsychian (meaning moving towards psychological health or self-actualization) [2] management as the ideal model for industrial organizations. [3] Maslow took a keen interest in the application of humanistic psychology beyond one-on-one therapy to larger endeavors in organizations and education settings, where greater numbers of people could be positively affected. [4]
The idea for Eupsychian Management originated with a journal of Maslow's impressions of his 1962 observations of a California electronics plant. The study resulted in Maslow conceiving a theoretical framework on which research in the area of self-actualization may be applied to industrial organizations. [5] Not wanting to use the word "utopian", Maslow coined the term "eupsychian" to describe human-oriented institutions generated by self-actualized people. He said it could also be used to mean "moving toward psychological health". [6]
Maslow noted the commitment to work in self-actualizing people's lives: "These highly evolved individuals assimilate their work into the identity, into the self, ie, work actually becomes part of the self, part of the individual's definition of himself." [7] These most highly evolved persons would actually assimilate work as part of their personal identity. [8]
Maslow's industrial motivation theory has been criticized for tending to emphasize only identification of second-level outcomes. [9]
Maslow wrote extensively concerning the application of humanistic psychology to management. Relevant publications include: