Situation Invisibility and Attribution in Distributed Collaborations Export

@article{citeulike:1538760, abstract = {This article expands theoretical and empirical understanding of interpersonal relationships under distributed conditions by highlighting the importance and consequences of situation invisibility. In a laboratory study, the authors demonstrate that distributed teammates are significantly more likely than collocated teammates to make internal dispositional attributions rather than situational attributions concerning negative partner behavior because of situation invisibility. These dispositional attributions in turn affect relational outcomes such as satisfaction and cohesion. The authors also demonstrate the impact of situational explanation as an antidote to situation invisibility. 10.1177/0149206307302549}, author = {Cramton, Catherine D. and Orvis, Kara L. and Wilson, Jeanne M.}, citeulike-article-id = {1538760}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0149206307302549}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://jom.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/33/4/525}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0149206307302549}, journal = {Journal of Management}, keywords = {attribution, distributed, experiment, psychology, social, work}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {525--546}, posted-at = {2007-08-06 23:11:26}, priority = {2}, title = {Situation Invisibility and Attribution in Distributed Collaborations}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0149206307302549}, volume = {33}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1538760 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1538760 N2 - This article expands theoretical and empirical understanding of interpersonal relationships under distributed conditions by highlighting the importance and consequences of situation invisibility. In a laboratory study, the authors demonstrate that distributed teammates are significantly more likely than collocated teammates to make internal dispositional attributions rather than situational attributions concerning negative partner behavior because of situation invisibility. These dispositional attributions in turn affect relational outcomes such as satisfaction and cohesion. The authors also demonstrate the impact of situational explanation as an antidote to situation invisibility. 10.1177/0149206307302549 IS - 4 JF - Journal of Management EP - 546 TI - Situation Invisibility and Attribution in Distributed Collaborations VL - 33 SP - 525 KW - attribution KW - distributed KW - experiment KW - psychology KW - social KW - work AU - Cramton, Catherine AU - Orvis, Kara AU - Wilson, Jeanne PY - 2007/08/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0149206307302549 ER -