According to data from the TCLP survey, the teachers at all three experience levels are
less satisfied with their personal achievement of esteem (a middle level need according
to Maslow) than with their achievement of self-actualization. These results are
summarized in Table 4. Therefore, it can be concluded that self-actualization is a
prepotent need for esteem. Two reasons seem to account for this. First,
self-actualization provides the basis for self-esteem. Second, this self-actualized
performance is also the basis for reputation, the esteem of others