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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"External attributions"”.
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Internal and External Attributions by Managers in Earnings Conference Calls
… I examine whether managers make self-serving attributions by internally (externally) attributing favorable (unfavorable) performance or demonstrate leadership by accepting blame and deflecting praise when communicating with analysts and investors. After validating the attribution measure I use …
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Internal-external attributions and learned helplessness among lower and middle class adults
… laboratory paradigm to investigate: (a) whether attributions about uncontrollable events mediate subsequent deficits, particularly self-esteem loss; and (b) if lower socio-economic class individuals are more susceptible to helplessness following uncontrollability than are middle class …
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Cultural study of Attributions of Sports Fans
Cultural differences in the attributions of sports fans in the US have not been sufficiently explored. Studies have shown that individualists have the tendency to make more internal attributions compared to collectivists (Kashima & Triandis, 1986; Al-Zahrani & Kaplowitz, 1993; Cha & Nam, 1985; …
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Examining religious and spiritual predictors of poverty attributions
… spirituality were associated with internal or external attributions for the causes of poverty. Such attributions are important as they may shape the types of policies and interventions that individuals support to alleviate poverty. Across two studies with samples of Christian students from a …
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*Attributions and Emotions: The Impact of *Situation and Person Factors
… how situation and person factors influenced attributions and emotions. As predicted, both situation (i.e., life domain and control) and person factors (i.e., sex and gender) influenced attributions. Participants reported higher internal and lower external attributions in response to high …
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Leadership attributions of subordinate absenteeism
The present research examined whether the attributions a supervisor makes in response to subordinate absenteeism are influenced by a subordinate's prior absence history, the nature of the subordinate's excuse, and the outcomes of the absence episode. In addition, this study investigated the effects …
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The effect of androgyny and self-esteem on classroom behavior
… of these variables on students' performance attributions and classroom perceptions. Students were asked to complete questionnaires assessing their levels of androgyny and self-esteem, and their perceptions of which of their peers perform various behaviors. While few significant differences …
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Dimensionality Of Causal Attributions In Nonacademic Situations: The Effects Of Antecedent Information And Response Format
The dimensionality underlying causal attributions to nonacademic behaviors (an accomplishment, an emotion, and an opinion) was investigated in four studies varying antecedent information (presence or absence) and response format (rating scale or open ended). In the information present conditions, …
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The Construct of Substance Abuse Enabling Applied to Poor Performance Management: How Managers Deal With Poor Performing Employees
The purpose of this study was to examine the attributions and responses that managers make to poor performance using the construct of enabling from the field of substance abuse. Approximately 200 government and 55 non-government managers responded to a three-part questionnaire exploring managers' …
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Computational Framing Analysis: Proposing And Applying an Unsupervised Entity-Centric Semantic Relations Approach
… for mass shootings through international or external attributions. For instance, one prominent frame, action attribution, highlights the shooter’s agency and responsibility, aligning with internal attribution and frequently used by right-leaning media. This dissertation makes several …
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“All Men Are Created Equal?”: Insights and Implications of Intersectional Precarious Manhood
… participants completed a measure on internal and external attributions of a physical aggressor's behavior after reading a bogus police report of an altercation between two men (physical aggressor and verbal aggressor pair) or two women (physical aggressor and verbal aggressor pair). Study 1 of the …