21 college students evaluated an hypothetical manager's statement assigning credit for success to himself, superiors, or subordinates. A subordinate-creditor received more favorable ratings than did a superior-creditor or self-creditor. The superior-creditor, like the self-creditor, may have been perceived as making a self-serving statement.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
DeckerW. H. (1987) Attributions based on managers' self-presentation, sex, and weight. Psychological Reports, 61, 175–181.
2.
TetlockP. E. (1980) Explaining teacher explanations of pupil performance: a self-presentation interpretation. Social Psychology Quarterly, 43, 283–290.
