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| Author: | Gooding, R. Z. Kinicki, A. J. |
| Title: | Interpreting event causes: The complementary role of categorization and attribution processes |
| Journal: | Journal of Management Studies
1995 : JAN, VOL. 32:1, p. 1-22 |
| Index terms: | MANAGERIAL ACTIVITIES ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY PERSONALITY MEASUREMENT |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This study examined the complementary role categorization and attribution processes play in managers' interpretations of event causes. Categorization theory suggests that events with distinctive internal or external causes should be interpreted, respectively, as internal and external. Attribution theory and research on self-serving attributions, on the other hand, suggest that events with positive outcomes to external causes. Study results showed a very significant interaction between distinctiveness of event causes (internal-external) and the valence of event outcomes (positive-negative). This interaction suggests that managers use categorization processes to interpret positive events, but more effortful attributional processes to interpret events with negative outcomes. |
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