Theories X, Y, and Z

Drawing upon the conventions of the scientific community, the management theorist Douglas McGregor (1906–1964) postulated two theories that he designated with alphabetic characters: Theory X and Theory Y. These theories represent pure archetypes of managerial beliefs about the ...

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