Causal attribution for interfirm contract violation: A comparative study of Chinese and American commercial arbitrators

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Friedman, Ray; Liu, Wu; Chen, Chao C.; Chi, Shu-Cheng Steve
• 署名单位: Vanderbilt University; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; National Taiwan University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.3.856
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 856-864
• 关键词: Ambiguity; ARBITRATION; attribution; chinese; culture

摘要

In this study, the authors examined differences between Chinese and American commercial arbitrators. They predicted and found that Chinese arbitrators make higher awards for interfirm contract violations than Americans. This difference is partially explained by differences in attributions. Prior theory suggests, and the authors found, that the Chinese tend to have more internal attributions for events when observing group actions. When evidence provided to arbitrators is mixed (evidence is provided for both internal and external attributions), Chinese-American differences in awards become even stronger.