Class information for:
Level 1: ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT//SUNK COST//SUNK COST EFFECT

Basic class information

ID Publications Average number
of references
Avg. shr. active
ref. in WoS
19899 421 42.0 49%



Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Classes in level above (level 2)



ID, lev.
above
Publications Label for level above
84 26100 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND HUMAN DECISION PROCESSES//JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKING//JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Terms with highest relevance score



Rank Term Type of term Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
1 ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT Author keyword 64 69% 13% 55
2 SUNK COST Author keyword 14 41% 6% 26
3 SUNK COST EFFECT Author keyword 11 54% 3% 14
4 DE ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT Author keyword 9 83% 1% 5
5 SUNK COST FALLACY Author keyword 6 80% 1% 4
6 BAD NEWS REPORTING Author keyword 6 100% 1% 4
7 IS PROJECT FAILURE Author keyword 6 100% 1% 4
8 MIS DS Address 4 75% 1% 3
9 SUNK COSTS Author keyword 4 18% 4% 18
10 ESCALATING COMMITMENT Author keyword 2 44% 1% 4

Web of Science journal categories

Author Key Words



Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT 64 69% 13% 55 Search ESCALATION+OF+COMMITMENT Search ESCALATION+OF+COMMITMENT
2 SUNK COST 14 41% 6% 26 Search SUNK+COST Search SUNK+COST
3 SUNK COST EFFECT 11 54% 3% 14 Search SUNK+COST+EFFECT Search SUNK+COST+EFFECT
4 DE ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT 9 83% 1% 5 Search DE+ESCALATION+OF+COMMITMENT Search DE+ESCALATION+OF+COMMITMENT
5 SUNK COST FALLACY 6 80% 1% 4 Search SUNK+COST+FALLACY Search SUNK+COST+FALLACY
6 BAD NEWS REPORTING 6 100% 1% 4 Search BAD+NEWS+REPORTING Search BAD+NEWS+REPORTING
7 IS PROJECT FAILURE 6 100% 1% 4 Search IS+PROJECT+FAILURE Search IS+PROJECT+FAILURE
8 SUNK COSTS 4 18% 4% 18 Search SUNK+COSTS Search SUNK+COSTS
9 ESCALATING COMMITMENT 2 44% 1% 4 Search ESCALATING+COMMITMENT Search ESCALATING+COMMITMENT
10 SELF JUSTIFICATION 2 36% 1% 5 Search SELF+JUSTIFICATION Search SELF+JUSTIFICATION

Key Words Plus



Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
1 CHOSEN COURSE 56 66% 12% 52
2 BIG MUDDY 50 86% 6% 25
3 KNEE DEEP 45 94% 4% 16
4 PROJECT COMPLETION 44 88% 5% 21
5 RESOURCE ALLOCATION DECISIONS 40 67% 9% 36
6 SUNK COSTS 31 36% 16% 69
7 TROUBLED SOFTWARE PROJECTS 24 91% 2% 10
8 FAILING COURSE 21 73% 4% 16
9 ESCALATING COMMITMENT 19 46% 7% 31
10 DE ESCALATION 17 47% 6% 26

Journals

Reviews



Title Publ. year Cit. Active references % act. ref.
to same field
Learning to de-escalate: The effects of regret in escalation of commitment 2008 23 67 42%
Information Technology Project Escalation: A Process Model 2008 22 70 43%
Making IT project de-escalation happen: An exploration into key roles 2008 7 51 41%
Public justification and investment in failing projects: the moderating effect of optimistic outcome expectations 2013 1 80 33%
Is escalation always irrational? 1998 12 32 47%
A multi-level theory of self-serving behavior in and by organizations 1999 36 101 12%
PATIENT COMPLIANCE BEHAVIOR - THE EFFECTS OF TIME ON PATIENTS VALUES OF TREATMENT REGIMENS 1985 23 18 17%

Address terms



Rank Address term Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ.
in class
1 MIS DS 4 75% 0.7% 3
2 ECON SOCIAL PSYCHOL UNIT 1 31% 1.0% 4
3 LEHRSTUHL PSYCHOL INSB WIRT AFTS SOZIALPSYCHO 1 50% 0.2% 1
4 LIFE SPAN DEV PROGRAM 1 50% 0.2% 1
5 MACK ROBINSON BUSINESS 1 50% 0.2% 1
6 MORS 1 50% 0.2% 1
7 OFF 306 1 50% 0.2% 1
8 ROBINSON BUSINESS ADM 1 50% 0.2% 1
9 STUDY COMMERCIAL GAMING 1 50% 0.2% 1
10 J MACK ROBINSON 0 33% 0.2% 1

Related classes at same level (level 1)



Rank Relatedness score Related classes
1 0.0000135400 MESSAGE FRAMING//FRAMING EFFECT//ATTRIBUTE FRAMING
2 0.0000108829 COUNTERFACTUAL THINKING//REGRET//INACTION INERTIA
3 0.0000091789 ENDOWMENT EFFECT//WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT//WTA WTP DISPARITY
4 0.0000088255 HIDDEN PROFILE//ADVICE TAKING//HIDDEN PROFILES
5 0.0000085689 BUSINESS WARGAMING//COMPUTER NETWORK SYSTEM//BURTON D MORGAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
6 0.0000082432 MONTY HALL DILEMMA//CONJUNCTION FALLACY//BASE RATE NEGLECT
7 0.0000076609 INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT//EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS//MIS QUARTERLY
8 0.0000072531 PRICE MATCHING GUARANTEES//REFERENCE PRICE//REFERENCE PRICES
9 0.0000070464 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT//PROJECT MANAGEMENT JOURNAL//PROJECT PORTFOLIO SUCCESS
10 0.0000063580 ATTRACTION EFFECT//CHOICE OVERLOAD//COMPROMISE EFFECT