Question

Sally smith, a supervisor at kroger's, was recently evaluated by her subordinates. their responses indicated that sally uses theory x assumptions when dealing with employees. for example, one of the comments indicated that she treats employees as if they

Answer 1

The correct answer to this is:

She treats employees as if they “have little ambition”.

Theory X is one of the theories of human motivation and management created by Douglas McGregor. This theory assumes that individuals are base, lazy, and in constant need of a good prod. In this case, Sally assumes his employees to be as such.