The Importance of Attributional Complexity for Transformational Leadership Studies
研究发现，领导者的归因复杂性（即理解社会行为时区分和整合多种原因的能力）越高，其下属越认为其表现出变革型领导行为。这对领导力研究和实践有参考价值。
abstract Attributional complexity refers to the capability of discriminating and integrating dimensions related to social judgment in order to understand social behaviour. While previous leadership research has examined the role of leader attributions, it has neglected the role of attributional complexity. We theorize and find support for a relationship between higher attributional complexity and transformational leadership behaviours, based on a sample of 100 leaders and their direct reports. Leaders who were more complex in their social judgments, attributing complex external and internal causes to others' behaviours and actions, were seen as more transformational by their direct reports. Our findings suggest that attributional complexity is a construct that warrants consideration in future research on both transformational leadership and leadership attributions.