Banking on Commitment: Intended and Unintended Consequences of an Organization's Attempt to Attenuate Escalation of Commitment

Examining commercial lending decisions, this research found that increased monitoring of decision makers and changing decision makers attenuated escalation of commitment but also produced unintended effects. Some decision makers resisted downgrading the risk of borrowers in the face of organizationa...

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Published in:Academy of Management journal 2002-04, Vol.45 (2), p.443-452
Main Authors: McNamara, Gerry, Moon, Henry, Bromiley, Philip
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Commerce
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Commitments
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Commerce
Commercial credit
Commitments
Credit policy
Decision making
Decision theory
Lending
Management
Management theory
Motivation
Organization theory
Organizational behavior
Studies
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