From orgasms to organizations: Maslow, women's sexuality and the gendered foundations of the needs hierarchy

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 537-555

  Cullen, Dallas ^a   Gotell, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Maslow; Motivation theory; Needs hierarchy; Sexology; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS;

EID: 0036868635     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0432.00174     Document Type: Article

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