According to Attribution Theory,which of the Following Makes Managers More

question 123

Multiple Choice

According to attribution theory,which of the following makes managers more likely to accredit workers' problems or failures to internal causes than to external causes?

• A)closure  
• B)the defensive bias  
• C)the self-serving bias  
• D)the fundamental attribution error

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