Although Herzberg's paradigm of hygiene and motivating factors and Maslow's
hierarchy of needs may still have broad applicability in the business world, at least one
aspect of each, salary as a hygiene factor (Herzberg) and esteem as a lower order need
than self-actualization (Maslow), does not seem to hold in the case of elementary and
secondary school teachers. These findings may begin to explain why good teachers are
being lost to other, higher paying positions and to help administrators focus more
closely on the esteem needs of teachers, individually and collectively.