The Escalation of Commitment to a Course of Action.¶
Staw, B. M. (1981). The Escalation of Commitment to a Course of Action. Academy of Management Review, 6(4), 577-587.
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- Escalation of Commitment
- a decision, investment, or course of action initiated in the past that continues to exert pull on current decisions despite deteriorating outcomes or unfavorable forward prospects; (b) specification of the additional resource commitment
This sourceIntegrative review of escalation determinants; how decision-makers become locked into and double down on costly courses of action.
Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract
Staw's own abstract states the escalation phenomenon — a costly course of action pursued through an even greater commitment of resources — but does not state the two-part decomposition of the analysis that FACT-D16-141 asserts.
“Because it is often possible for persons who have suffered a setback to recoup their losses through an even greater commitment of resources to the same course of action, a cycle of escalating commitment can be produced.”
- a decision, investment, or course of action initiated in the past that continues to exert pull on current decisions despite deteriorating outcomes or unfavorable forward prospects; (b) specification of the additional resource commitment
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