When Egotism is Normative
Self-Presentational Norms Guiding Attributions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7103592 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K S Crittenden (0000-0003-2407-4111, corresponding author), Mary Glenn Wiley |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 360-360 |
| Publication date | 1985-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Psychology Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-2725 • E-ISSN: 1939-8999 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2786697 |
| OpenAlex | W2324179274 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 14 |
We conducted a field experiment in an attempt to specify audience perceptions of norms governing attributions of success and failure in one natural achievement context. Our respondents were 170 male and female associate professors from Ph.D.-granting sociology departments in the U.S. To assess self-presentational norms, we asked respondents to rate the professional maturity of various explanations given by a hypothetical junior colleague for either a successful or an unsuccessful editorial outcome. We also had them rate each explanation in terms of how likely it would be to enhance the individual's future productivity. We predicted that respondents would favor an egotistical pattern of attribution due to hypothesized attributional norms emphasizing competence and self-confidence over interpersonal skills in the scholar role. As predicted, what our respondents viewed as professionally and explanations depended on whether the outcome to be explained was a success or a failure. For a successful outcome, respondents saw internal attributions by the author as more mature and productive than external attributions. For a failure, respondents gave higher ratings to external than internal explanations. Thus the egotism pattern of self-attribution previously found among authors has normative support among peers in this context
Attribution · Competence (human resources · Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Normative · Perception · Presentational and representational acting · Social perception · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Management Theory and Practice · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2017 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |