The Importance of Attributional Complexity for Transformational Leadership Studies

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dc.contributor.authorSun, Peter Yih-Tong
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Marc Howard
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-24T03:49:35Z
dc.date.available2012-05-24T03:49:35Z
dc.date.copyright2012-02-06
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractAttributional 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.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationSun, P.Y.-T. & Anderson, M.H. (2012). The importance of attributional complexity for transformational leadership studies. Journal of Management Studies, 49(6), 1001-1022.en_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1467-6486.2011.01037.xen_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/6362
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishingen_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfJournal of Management Studiesen_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Management Studies
dc.relation.urihttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2011.01037.x/abstracten_NZ
dc.subjectattributionen_NZ
dc.subjectattributional complexityen_NZ
dc.subjecttransformational leadershipen_NZ
dc.titleThe Importance of Attributional Complexity for Transformational Leadership Studiesen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
pubs.begin-page1001en_NZ
pubs.elements-id36980
pubs.end-page1022en_NZ
pubs.issue6en_NZ
pubs.volume49en_NZ
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