Attributions as a Function of Managers' Assignment of Credit to Self,Superiors,or Subordinates

21 college students evaluated an hypothetical manager's statement assigning credit for success to himself, superiors, or subordinates. A subordinate-creditor received more favorable ratings than did a superior-creditor or self-creditor. The superior-creditor, like the self-creditor, may have been perceived as making a self-serving statement.