<human>: *Back Story*

I joined a computer programming company back in 2006. Things were wonderful in the beginning! There was a lot of freedom and the ability to speak freely. I left the company due to family reasons, but came back in 2009. Since then, things have been crumbling around everyone. We had a gentleman come in and do a questionair type thing that assesed how we felt the culture was as a company. This was broken into 3 parts

*Aggressive

*Defensive

*Creative

In 2006, I could tell you that it was more of a creative atmosphere. New ideas were welcomed and charished. In late 2009, the gentleman came, did the test, and the results showed that the culture was steering towards a more Defensive culture. 2011 comes, and our bosses decided to have him come back and do the same test. We had forgotten the questions by then. Some (including me) forgot that he even came :P. When the results came back, it was deffinately proven that we are a more Defensive based culture just waiting for the next problem to occure so we get punished for it. Personally, I feel that the uppers understand how to run a business, but lack the ability to run people and individuals. I feel that the rules that they're enforcing have been constraining to the atmosphere and pushing people down more than assisting people in their work. This is where I could use some assistance.

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<bot>: I wanted to know if there have been studies done that have proven that consistenly enforcing rules causes a more defensive culture than creative.