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Peer reviewedBirnbaum, Robert – Review of Higher Education, 1986
The cognitive processes through which college presidents make inferences and learn may bias their judgments under uncertain conditions. Data indicate that these biases may cause them to overestimate their own effectiveness. Leadership is in part a social attribution used by leaders and by followers to explain unusual organizational processes.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Bias, Cognitive Style, College Presidents
