Skip to content

CMA Foundation · Fundamentals of Business Economics and Management · Leadership and Motivation - Concepts and Theories

In the McGregor framework, which pair correctly links an assumption with the related theory?

The correct pair is that employees must be coerced and threatened to achieve goals, which is Theory X. Theory X assumes dislike of work and need for control, while self-control, commitment and seeing work as natural are Theory Y assumptions, so the other pairings are reversed.

  1. AEmployees prefer to be directed and avoid responsibility: Theory Y
  2. BEmployees exercise self-control when committed to objectives: Theory X
  3. CEmployees must be coerced and threatened to achieve goals: Theory XCorrect
  4. DEmployees see work as natural as play or rest: Theory X

Explanation

Coercion and threat to get effort is a Theory X assumption. Preferring direction and avoiding responsibility is also Theory X, so the first option wrongly assigns it to Theory Y. Self-control and viewing work as natural belong to Theory Y, so the other options are mismatched.

Did you get it right without looking?

One question tells you little. A timed set on Leadership and Motivation - Concepts and Theories shows your real accuracy, how long you take and where you lose marks.

Practise Leadership and Motivation - Concepts and TheoriesFree diagnostic mock

More Leadership and Motivation - Concepts and Theories questions