Management Principles 1. Under what circumstances would a theory x leadership style be more appropriate than theory y? This style would be more appropriate in a smaller business or maybe a family owned business where the workers aren't making that much money and they don't feel they are an important part of the company. Like for instance a factory worker making minimum wage or a server at McDonalds. These types of people probably only do the …showed first 75 words of 349 total…

…showed last 75 words of 349 total…and your business will not do as well as it could. The positive of theory y is that in this type of attitude employees feel involved in the business and have more motivation to do their work. The negative to theory y is that the people with this attitude might get to big headed and think that their opinion is right. They might not want to listen to their supervisors as much as they should.