Attribution Theory in the Organizational Sciences: The Road Traveled and the Path Ahead
这篇元分析综述了归因理论在组织情境中的预测力，发现归因对工作结果的影响与常用预测变量相当，对组织行为研究者和实践者理解员工认知过程有参考价值。
Individuals make attributions when they infer causes about particular outcomes. Several narrative reviews of attributional research have concluded that attributions matter in the workplace, but note that attribution theory has been underutilized in organizational research. To examine the predictive power of attributions in organizational contexts, we present a meta-analysis of existing attribution theory research. Our findings suggest that attributions have consistently demonstrated effect sizes that are comparable to more commonly utilized predictor variables of workplace outcomes. Expanding on these findings, we argue that attributions are an integral part of individuals' cognitive processes that are associated with critical organizational outcomes. We conclude with suggestions to help expand and optimize the contribution of attributional research to understanding and managing organizational outcomes.