although you have needs(and let's hope your boss recognizes them)the fact remains that others have a major effect on motivating you. how others see you then will affect how they treat you. as discussed in chapter i human relations proponent douglas mcgregor proposed two distinct views of the nature of human beings a basically negative view labeled theory x and a basically positive view labeled theory y after viewing the way supervisors dealt with employees mcgregor concluded that a supervisor's view of human nature is based on a group of assumptions either positive or negative