Research suggests that " the type of attribution made by an employee across these dimensions is likely to impact an employee's tendency to engage in the negative emotional activity referred to as escalation of commitment ."
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Thus, apparently, via " escalation of commitment ", your allegations have reached absurd paranoia and delusion to scapegoat me for anything you can think to criticize about the article, despite admitting that you not quite read it.
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Though this theory seems realistic, researchers " Davis and Bobko ( 1986 ) found no effect of personal responsibility on continued commitment to the previous course of action in the positive frame condition . " Which means that escalation of commitment will be lower in the higher responsibility situation.
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In sociology, "'irrational escalation of commitment "'or "'commitment bias "'describe similar behaviours; and the phenomenon and the sentiment underlying it are reflected in such proverbial images as " Throwing good money after bad " or " In for a penny, in for a pound ".
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Of these, sunk costs, time investment, decision maker experience and expertise, self-efficacy and confidence, personal responsibility for the initial decision, ego threat, and proximity to project completion have been found to have positive relationships with escalation of commitment, while anticipated regret and positive information framing have been found to have negative relationships.
