recognize the e ects of the dynamics of the situations. For example, a CEO might attribute a
high level of political behaviour on the part of his vice presidents to aspects of their person-
alities, not recognizing that much of the political behaviour is on account of the competition
for scarce resources.
Inference Model
Pennington, Gillen and Hill (1999) have formulated the Inference model which examines
attributions based on internal causes. is model provided by Jones and Davis (1965) relies
on drawing backward inferences for an observed event. Figure 3.5 illustrates the model.
e following example will help us operationally ...
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