medium · MCAT psych-soc
A manager attributes a department-wide increase in productivity to his 'transformational leadership style.' However, when productivity dipped the previous quarter, he blamed 'unfavorable market conditions' and 'budget cuts.' This manager is demonstrating:
- Social loafing
- Actor-observer bias
- Fundamental attribution error
- Self-serving bias
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