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

Question

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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The fundamental attribution error makes managers more likely to accredit workers' problems or failures to internal causes rather than external causes. This is because the fundamental attribution error refers to the tendency to overemphasize dispositional (internal) explanations for behavior and underemphasize situational (external) explanations.

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