Improving the Performance of Low Self-Esteem Individuals: An Attributional Approach.
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- Published by Academy of Management in The Academy of Management Journal
- Vol. 26 (4) , 642-656
- https://doi.org/10.2307/255912
Abstract
Low self-esteem individuals, who blame themselves for their failures, perpetuate continued failure and negative self-evaluation. The present study suggests that this “vicious cycle” of low self-esteem can be broken if low self-esteem persons attribute their failure at an insoluble task to the difficulty of the task, rather than to their own personal inadequacies.Keywords
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