Inflated applicants: attribution errors in performance evaluation by professionals.

When explaining others' behaviors, achievements, and failures, it is common for people to attribute too much influence to disposition and too little influence to structural and situational factors. We examine whether this tendency leads even experienced professionals to make systematic mistakes...

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Main Authors: Samuel A Swift, Don A Moore, Zachariah S Sharek, Francesca Gino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3722183?pdf=render