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This study aims to explore how supervisors' causal attributions influence their responses to subordinates' poor performance.

Factors Influencing Supervisor's Responses to Subordinate's Poor Performance: An Attributional Analysis.

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Randomized trial examines how attributions affect supervisors' responses to poor performance, indicating important factors in management decisions.

This study aims to explore how supervisors' causal attributions influence their responses to subordinates' poor performance.
Field experiment with members of the American Production and Inventory Control Society
Participants evaluated a case scenario of a subordinate failing to meet production quota
Responses assessed included action selection and intended outcome of the action
Locus of causality significantly affects supervisors' responses to performance
Stability of attributions impacts decision-making in performance evaluation
Organizational responsibility moderates the relationship between attributions and responses

Tongtharadol et al. (1991) studied this question.

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Randomized trial examines how attributions affect supervisors' responses to poor performance, indicating important factors in management decisions.