Self-serving bias
Self-serving bias is the tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to internal factors and put the blame for failures on external factors.
Definitions
According to Organizational Behavior by Robbins and Judge (17th edition),
- Self-serving bias. The tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to internal factors and put the blame for failures on external factors.
According to Management by Robbins and Coulter (14th edition),
- Self-serving bias. The tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to internal factors while putting the blame for failures on external factors.
According to Looking Out, Looking In by Adler, Proctor (15th edition), Self-serving bias. The tendency to interpret and explain information in a way that casts the perceiver in the most favorable manner.
