Douglas McGregor

Douglas McGregor (1906 - 1964) was a psychology professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology whose 1960 book The Human Side of Enterprise had a profound influence on management practises. In the book he identified two approaches to motivating workers, which he called theory X and theory Y.

See also: Douglas McGregor, 1906, 1960, 1964, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Psychology, Theory X and theory Y