Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Faculty
Faculty of Business and Law
School
School of Management
RAS ID
4749
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to determine the attributional style (optimistic or pessimistic) of Information Technology support workers and executive managers using attribution theory, This research suggests that support workers are likely to exhibit an optimistic attributional style whilst executive managers are likely to exhibit a pessimistic attributional style, The differences in attributional style reflected in aspects such as the strength to participate (support workers) or avoid (executive managers) projects destined for failure, The research suggests that managers can positively influence the causal dimensions of attributional style by increasing support worker involvement, supporting executive managers, empowering employees and supporting organisational learning,
Access Rights
free_to_read
Comments
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of: Kordt, E., & Standing, C. (2007). Always the optimist? Proceedings of Conference on Information Management and Internet Research (CIMIR) 2007. Perth: We-B Centre, Edith Cowan University. pp.272-281