Douglas McGregor classified attitude or belief systems, which he called assumptions. As Theory X and Theory Y. People with theory X attitude hold that employees dislike work and must be closely supervised in order to do their work. Theory Y attitude hold that employees like to work and do not need to be closely supervised in order to do their work. In each of the ten pairs of statements in Self-assessment 5. The first lines are Theory Y attitude and the second lines are theory X attitude