Self-serving bias

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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.

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