Rodwan Hashim Mohammed Fallatah is a research scholar, consultant and instructor in the field of international human resource management. Jawad Syed is Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Dean of the Suleman Dawood School of Business at Lahore University of Management Sciences.

• 1. Introduction: Contextualising Motivation.- 2. A Critical Review of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.- 3. Cultural Critique of the Hierarchy of Needs and the Saudi Context.- 4. Questioning the Applicability of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in Saudi Arabia.- 5. Motivation Unravelled: Gender, Religion and Other Demographic Patterns.- 6. What Saudi Employees Want: In-Depth Insights.- 7. The Primacy of Social Needs.- 8. Conclusion: The Cross-Cultural Complex.

Rodwan Hashim Mohammed Fallatah is a research scholar, consultant and instructor in the field of international human resource management. Jawad Syed is Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Dean of the Suleman Dawood School of Business at Lahore University of Management Sciences.

• 1. Introduction: Contextualising Motivation.- 2. A Critical Review of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.- 3. Cultural Critique of the Hierarchy of Needs and the Saudi Context.- 4. Questioning the Applicability of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in Saudi Arabia.- 5. Motivation Unravelled: Gender, Religion and Other Demographic Patterns.- 6. What Saudi Employees Want: In-Depth Insights.- 7. The Primacy of Social Needs.- 8. Conclusion: The Cross-Cultural Complex.

Rodwan Hashim Mohammed Fallatah is a research scholar, consultant and instructor in the field of international human resource management. Jawad Syed is Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Dean of the Suleman Dawood School of Business at Lahore University of Management Sciences.

• 1. Introduction: Contextualising Motivation.- 2. A Critical Review of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.- 3. Cultural Critique of the Hierarchy of Needs and the Saudi Context.- 4. Questioning the Applicability of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in Saudi Arabia.- 5. Motivation Unravelled: Gender, Religion and Other Demographic Patterns.- 6. What Saudi Employees Want: In-Depth Insights.- 7. The Primacy of Social Needs.- 8. Conclusion: The Cross-Cultural Complex.