For low-status employees,supervisors are more likely to attribute ineffective performance to:

A) the situation
B) external causes
C) internal causes
D) other people

Research has shown that supervisors are more likely to attribute ineffective performance to internal causes, such as lack of ability or effort, for low-status employees. This bias is known as the fundamental attribution error, where people tend to overemphasize dispositional (internal) explanations for behavior, especially for those they perceive to have lower status or power.