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theory X & Y

 
 
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author:
McGregor, Douglas
country:
United States
period:
1960
type:
theory
role:
change agent, coach, manager and trainer
activity:
analyse, design and reflect
topic:
change management, leadership & management and personnel management
abstr. level:
individual
perspective:
sociopolitical
status:
final
module:
classics I
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description:

The American psychologist, Douglas McGregor, studied leadership styles. McGregor argued that managers operate from their personal view of how employees function. He separated managers into two groups based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. He related Theory X managers to lower order needs in the hierarchy and Theory Y managers to higher order needs. Theory X managers assume that people are intr...

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