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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Escalation of Commitment"”.
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Two Essays on Escalation of Commitment
… may increase their propensity to escalate commitment towards a failing project. Escalation researchers (e.g. Schmidt and Calantone, 2002) have listed four classes of factors that may impact a manager's propensity to escalate commitment towards a failing project, and have called for research …
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THE EFFECT OF GOAL DISTANCE ON GOAL VALUE AND ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT
Escalation of commitment describes individuals' tendencies to persist in a chosen course of action. The traditional account of escalation of commitment assumes that sunk cost is the primary antecedent for this behavior. However, it has been noted that high sunk costs are confounded with progress …
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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 …
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ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT AND THE EFFECTS OF THE PRESENCE OF AN ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT, MAGNITUDE OF LOSS AND MONITORING: STOPPING A PROJECT WHICH IS 90% COMPLETE
Previous studies have shown the continuation of a failing project occurs in many aspects of business and government, and that the commitment to and continuation of a previous decision can even apply to waiting on a bus, attending a play and mountain climbing. The continuation of a failing project …
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Intuition and emotion: examining two non-rational approaches in complex decision making
… processes. In Chapter 3 (Paper 2), the theory of intuitive interruptions is applied to the entrepreneurial context. I argue that allowing intuitions to interrupt analysis helps entrepreneurs navigate the ambiguous environment in which they often find themselves. Chapter 4 (Paper 3) documents …
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ERP projects : an examination of the factors influencing additional unplanned effort in the project life-cycle
… over a decade, ERP systems have been the target of significant amounts of investment in organisations. Some have reaped the benefits anticipated while others struggle to achieve the required level of success. In fact, based on available statistics, numerous organisations have faced problems in …
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SOCIAL AND REPUTATIONAL DRIVERS OF SUNK-COST SENSITIVITY IN INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE DECISION-MAKING
… when others have invested or when commitment signals reliability. When social audiences or obligations disappear, escalation fades. Additional chapters show that voters reward decision-makers who stay committed and develop a framework explaining both cognitive and social costs of …