nt time and situation (Bartol & Martin, 1991; Vecchieo, 1994). At least, Maslow and Hertzberg coherently viewed that individuals are 'wanting' creatures (Huczynski & Buchanan, 2001). Both claimed that managers can motivate staff by maximizing their pleasure and minimizing their pain (Steers, Porter & Bigley, 1991). Such hedonistic assumption has prevented both of them to laid importance on the quality of work done by staff (Gibson, Ivancevich & Donnelly, 2000). The failure to question this issue has limited both theorists to identifying only 'what' can motivate staffs instead of the 'how' staffs can be motivated (Huczynski & Buchanan, 2001). Hence, this limitation also prevented both theorists to link individual need satisfaction to the achievement of organizational objectives (Bartol & Martin, 1991). However, both theories have stimulated thoughts, research & experimentation in the area of work motivation and appeal managers from worldwide even though their theories provide face validity (Steers, Porter & Bigley,
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