Employee Motivation in Saudi Arabia An Investigation into the Higher Education Sector /

• Main Authors: Fallatah, Rodwan Hashim Mohammed (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Syed, Jawad (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: International business enterprises.; Asia-Economic conditions.; Manpower policy.; International business enterprises-Cross-cultural studies.; Employee health promotion.; Higher education.; Diversity in the workplace.; Asian Business.; Human Resource Development.; Cross-Cultural Management.; Employee Health and Wellbeing.; Higher Education.; Diversity Management/Women in Business.

'The authors explore how individual motivations in collectivistic societies such as Saudi Arabia may be different from those in individualistic Western societies.  They demonstrate how one such theory, the widely accepted Maslow's hierarchy of needs, is bounded by culture, religion, and tr...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Contextualising Motivation
• 2. A Critical Review of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
• 3. Cultural Critique of the Hierarchy of Needs and the Saudi Context
• 4. Questioning the Applicability of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in Saudi Arabia
• 5. Motivation Unravelled: Gender, Religion and Other Demographic Patterns
• 6. What Saudi Employees Want: In-Depth Insights
• 7. The Primacy of Social Needs
• 8. Conclusion: The Cross-Cultural Complex.