In 1958, Fritz Heider published the book titled The Psychology of Interpersonal Relations in which he compared human mental processes to naïve scientists exploring their environment (as cited in Fiske, 2014). Hence, Heider proposes that individuals attempt to understand, control and predict their social environment to comprehend the causes leading to the way they behave. Attribution theory has been studied greatly within the social psychology field and applied to different areas including organization and education (Murry & Thomson, 2009). Broadly, attribution theories distinguish between internal causative factors which include behaviors that an individual has control over and external determinants including environmental influence on behavior
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Hence, an internal, dispositional attribution is probable if his behavior is characterized as a deliberate action. However, it is concerning that Gavin will make a conscious decision to jeopardize his career at this organization by displaying such lackadaisical attitudes. Also, his behavior has an explicit implication which is termination of employment and according to correspondent inference theory, this is termed non-common effects. For instance, termination of his employment is likely to be attributed to an internal, dispositional cause (Crisp & Truner, 2010). Although, Jones and Harris utilized these three kinds of information to support the evidence that people attribute causality to their behaviors. However, the correspondent inference theory is limited to an isolated instance of change in behavior, and it focuses on internal attribution. It is possible that Gavin woke up late, was held up in traffic, or had a family emergency and hurriedly set out to attend the meeting. He could be nervous knowing that the organization has a high expectation of him being punctual, organized and eloquent. Also, a colleague verbalized his concern regarding Gavin's behavior and stated that such behavior is atypical of his personality, and this seems to be an isolated event. Hence, it is critical to consider both internal and external attribution when analyzing human behavior and the causes of such conduct.hhhhh
Hence, an internal, dispositional attribution is probable if his behavior is characterized as a deliberate action. However, it is concerning that Gavin will make a conscious decision to jeopardize his career at this organization by displaying such lackadaisical attitudes. Also, his behavior has an explicit implication which is termination of employment and according to correspondent inference theory, this is termed non-common effects. For instance, termination of his employment is likely to be attributed to an internal, dispositional cause (Crisp & Truner, 2010). Although, Jones and Harris utilized these three kinds of information to support the evidence that people attribute causality to their behaviors. However, the correspondent inference theory is limited to an isolated instance of change in behavior, and it focuses on internal attribution. It is possible that Gavin woke up late, was held up in traffic, or had a family emergency and hurriedly set out to attend the meeting. He could be nervous knowing that the organization has a high expectation of him being punctual, organized and eloquent. Also, a colleague verbalized his concern regarding Gavin's behavior and stated that such behavior is atypical of his personality, and this seems to be an isolated event. Hence, it is critical to consider both internal and external attribution when analyzing human behavior and the causes of such conduct.hhhhh