We all have a tendency to attribute successes to our own abilities and skills and our failures to external factors out of our control, such as luck or the lack of resources. But chronic underperformers are capable of turning defensive attribution into an art form. They use self-serving explanations as to why they underperform as a badge of honor. By blaming anything and everyone but themselves for consistently bad performance, they use defensive attribution as a shield to protect themselves from accountability.
The Defensive Attribution of Poor Performers
The Defensive Attribution of Poor Performers
The Defensive Attribution of Poor Performers
We all have a tendency to attribute successes to our own abilities and skills and our failures to external factors out of our control, such as luck or the lack of resources. But chronic underperformers are capable of turning defensive attribution into an art form. They use self-serving explanations as to why they underperform as a badge of honor. By blaming anything and everyone but themselves for consistently bad performance, they use defensive attribution as a shield to protect themselves from accountability.