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Author:Tsang, E.
Title:Self-serving attributions in corporate annual reports: A replicated study
Journal:Journal of Management Studies
2002 : JAN, VOL. 39:1, p. 51-66
Index terms:Organization theory
Companies
Company reports
Management
Singapore
Asia
Language:eng
Abstract:This study is a replication of Bettman and Weitz (1983) in the Singapore context. Data from Letters to Shareholders in 208 annual reports published in 1985 and 1994 were used to analyse the patterns of causal explanations for corporate performance outcomes. The general self-serving pattern of attributions found in the original study was also identified in this study. However, the data of the original study do not unequivocally support either the motivational or informational explanation for the existence of self-serving attributions, whereas the latter explanation is strongly supported by the data of this study.
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