The effects of political orientation on attributions of co-worker success/failure

This paper explores the field of organizational politics and its application to worker attributions for co-worker performance outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to suggest that worker awareness of political behaviors among their co-workers may provide additional informational cues for the attributions they form for co-worker success/failure. It is proposed in this paper that individuals maintain an orientation toward political activity, and that orientation is a source of information for the determination of cause.