Suppose that you are the supervisor of an employee who performs well across a variety of tasks.In other words,the employee's success on a particular task is not unusual.Furthermore,you notice that he or she is the only employee who performs this task well.Finally,you observe that the employee performs this task well at different times.Given these observations,based on Kelly's (1973)covariation model,you are most likely to attribute the employee's successful performance to

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According to Kelly's covariation model, one should attribute the behavior to either internal or external factors depending on the consistency, distinctiveness, and consensus of the behavior. In this case, the employee's successful performance is consistent over time, distinctive as they are the only one performing well, and there is no consensus among the peers. Therefore, we can assume that the successful performance is due to the employee's ability and effort, which are internal factors.

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