G. Uraz et O. Aydin, THE EFFECT OF SELF-SERVING ATTRIBUTION ON ATTRACTION IN ADDITIVE-TASKAND CONJUNCTIVE-TASK GROUPS, The Journal of social psychology, 135(2), 1995, pp. 229-235
The prediction that the effect of self-serving attribution on personal
attraction will vary according to task type was tested. Twenty-four g
roups of Turkish students, each consisting of 1 participant and 3 conf
ederates, received success feedback after having performed either an a
dditive or a conjunctive task. Two of the confederates made either sel
f-serving or group-serving attributions, whereas the 3rd confederate a
ttributed success to the collective efforts of all group members. Foll
owing these attributions, the participants filled out a form to indica
te the degree to which they preferred each member as a friend and a wo
rk mate. Self-serving attributors in the conjunctive-task condition we
re less preferred as friends than the self-serving attributors in the
additive-task condition. Also, the additive-task participants' ratings
for other group members were systematically higher than those of the
conjunctive-task participants. Thus, there was a main effect of task t
ype for both friends and workmates.