Using your knowledge of attribution theory, answer the question.

Your team asks you why you assess consistency, distinctiveness, and consensus of their individual behaviors at every performance appraisal. Which explanation do you give them?

Just as managers use attribution theory to attribute blame when behaviors are negative, they can use attribution theory to attribute cause when behaviors are positive. As a manager, I want to reward employees whose behavior is positive.

Monitoring these variables is an important part of documentation when employees are fired.

These variables are used to weight performance appraisal scores.