Investigating Supervisor Attributions of Subordinate Performance
- 1 September 1989
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Management
- Vol. 15 (3) , 405-416
- https://doi.org/10.1177/014920638901500304
Abstract
This field study was conducted to investigate the impact of factors relating to supervisor-subordinate affective relationship and work relationship, supervisor job tenure, and subordinate performance level on supervisor attributions of subordinate performance. The results indicate that the length and nature of supervisor-subordinate work relationship and supervisor job tenure significantly affect supervisor attributions of subordinate performance to internal or external causes. The results for supervisor-subordinate affective relationship and subordinate performance level conflict with previous, predominantly laboratory-based, research. Reasons are discussedfor these results. Implications for practice are also offered.Keywords
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