Inflated applicants: attribution errors in performance evaluation by professionals.
Abstract
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 in their selection decisions, favoring alumni from academic institutions with high grade distributions and employees from forgiving business...
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Inflated applicants: attribution errors in performance evaluation by professionals.
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Jan 1, 2013
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