Malleability or rigidity?

Adrian Furnham
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Adrian Furnham: University College London

A chapter in People Management in Turbulent Times, 2009, pp 94-95 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Over 50 years ago an early management guru distinguished between what he called Theory X and Theory Y. These were, he believed, the essential theories of managers. And they were not that complicated. Essentially they represented the optimist vs the pessimist divide: the Rousseaus vs the Hobbesians. The carrot vs the stick brigade.

Keywords: Human Resource Management; Implicit Theory; Anchor Effect; Inconsistent Information; Growth Manager (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230239616_31

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