McGregor Believed That Managers Holding Either Theory X or Theory

question 90

Multiple Choice

McGregor believed that managers holding either Theory X or Theory Y assumptions could create situations in which employees acted as expected. This phenomenon is known as:

• A) self-actualisation.
• B) expectancy theory.
• C) a self-fulfilling prophecy.
• D) the Hawthorne effect.
• E) Theory Z.

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