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Dilemmas Within Decisions to Recommit Resources to a Course of Action: An Investigation of the Escalation Phenomenon
… from the perspective that the literature on escalating commitment may not have investigated truly failed courses of action, it is suggested that the observed"escalation" in those studies might be more parsimoniously explained as a function of the degree of equivocality of the decision …
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The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Escalation of Commitment Decisions: An Empirical Investigation
Escalation of commitment refers to the tendency of decision makers to continue with failing courses of action (Staw, 1981). An abundance of research has shown that decision makers persistently escalate commitment to less favorable alternatives when making a series of decisions related to a single …