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Adelphi University/Devry
Apr-2000 - Mar-2005
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Adelphi University
Sep-2007 - Apr-2017
People will try to understand why people do what they do.
Individuals interpret events or happenings around them, and this relates to their thinking and behavior.
Assumptions about others' behavior are generally wrong.
People make assumptions as to why other people act in certain ways.
A person's perspective is the foundation of the attribution theory of leadership.
Employees could be recognized and accurately placed within the organization based on attributions.
The leader might develop an overly positive view of an employee on a day that is not representative of that employee overall.
A false sense of security might develop in the organization through given attributions.
The leader could develop a negative opinion of an employee on a bad day.
The leader's perspectives and assumptions could be incorrect about employees.
Jane, a great employee, has a bad day and starts to feel like quitting.
John has good employees and realizes he is a good leader.
On Monday, Shane was very quiet and not as talkative as he usually is.
A leader sees Frank doing great work and decides he is a great employee.
false attribution
character attribution
external attribution
internal attribution
stress attribution
Jeremy guesses that Bill may be missing deadlines because he doesn't have the latest equipment available.
Jeremy begins to think that maybe the deadlines are too closely scheduled and that is why Bill keeps missing them.
Jeremy thinks it would be a good idea to reconfigure the work space so employees have more private space.
Jeremy thinks Sandra may snap at her coworkers because the work space is too crammed.
Jeremy thinks that Sarah's snapping at coworkers must be the result of a mental illness.
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