Hall and Donnell reported findings of five separate studies involving over 12,000 managers that explored the relationship between managerial achievement and attitudes toward subordinates.Overall,they found that managers who strongly subscribed to Theory X beliefs
A)were unlikely to have a pessimistic view of others.
B)were unlikely to rely on coercive,external control methods to motivate workers.
C)were highly likely to believe that workers were naturally motivated to work.
D)were highly likely to be in their lower-achieving group.

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The passage states that managers who strongly subscribed to Theory X beliefs were highly likely to be in their lower-achieving group, indicating that their attitudes towards subordinates negatively impacted their managerial achievement. Therefore, choice D is the best answer. None of the other choices are supported by the passage.

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