In an attempt to clarify Maslow's concept of self-actualization as it relates to human motivation, a class of educational psychology students wrote essays describing a self-actualized person and then attempted to decide whether public schools contribute to the production of self-actualized persons. Two-thirds of the students decided that schools…

Provides inspirational stories from sports that exemplify the accomplishments of motivated people. (IRT)

Evaluated personalized feedback and financial incentives as adjuncts to self-help materials for smoking cessation among subjects (n=1,217) randomized to 4 treatment groups and followed up at 3 and 12 months. Financial incentive increased self-help material use, did not increase cessation rates, and was associated with higher relapse rates.…

Examines the hypothesis that a significant correlate of self-actualization may be the subjective expression of the tendency towards novelty experiencing and examines the interaction of self-actualization level and specific components of the novelty experiencing construct. (Author/RC)

Counseling for recovery from divorce may be significantly enhanced if a general model of emotional health/deficiency can be applied. This article introduces an amalgam of Erik Erikson's developmental stages and Abraham Maslow's motivational hierarchy as a means of understanding the rigors of marital dissolution. The paradigm promotes client…

Considers a neo-Piagetian address to the processes of personality and its implications for counseling or psychotherapy. Although the neo-Piagetian framework is different, its metaphors and premises may make it the better equipped to deal with the issues central to those psychologies most influential to the counseling enterprise. (Author)

Recent studies of academic leadership confirm what many academic leaders know from personal experience: academic leadership is a complex and demanding role with significant stress and high burnout and turnover rates (Brown, 2002; Brown and Moshavi, 2002). In the light of these issues, an exploration of the nature of academic leadership and its…

Job satisfaction, motivation, and reward systems are included in one area of organizational theory. The strongest influence in this area is motivation because it overlaps into both of the other two components. A review of the classical literature on motivation reveals four major theory areas: (1) Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs; (2) Herzberg's…

Political scientists remain divided over teaching and research; those reaping the rewards have the highest scholarly output. Tangible benefits, with regards to teaching, remain few. (Author)

Notes that information to assist reading supervisors with self-development comes from four sources: observation and imitation, situational study, precepts of human motivation, and professional organizations and readings. (FL)

Gives an historical overview of Rogerian motivational constructs of actualization and self actualization. Reports the results of a survey of introductory textbooks relative to their treatment of Rogers' thinking. Suggests that individuals who wish to create a Rogerian presentation should incorporate the congruence/incongruence concept. (KO)

This article gives insight into why individuals become committed to a sport role. Commitment may be attributed to intrinsic and extrinsic rewards and satisfactions. A typology of sport roles is presented utilizing a three-dimensional model of commitment to explain identity within a sport role. (Author/DF)

Examines the present state of career education and describes the concept of Life-Is-Career, the hallmarks of which are personal motivation and the evolution of consciousness. (SK)

Context shifting is an approach to training that aims to transform the participants' point of view, allowing them to create a new context in which to perform their jobs, a new way of defining their roles that motivates them to exhibit skills and use information. (SK)

Emphasizes that most white Americans have no understanding of the tremendous effect white institutions, values, and actions have in depressing the motivation of black Americans. (RJ)