Jeffery Is the Owner of a Departmental Store

question 102

Multiple Choice

Jeffery is the owner of a departmental store. He feels that his employees are lazy, greatly dislike work, and will do everything they can to avoid it. Therefore, he thinks that coercing them is the best way to make them work. In this scenario, Jeffery's views are consistent with the assumptions of _____.

• A) equity theory
• B) Theory Y
• C) Theory X
• D) expectancy theory

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