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

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
20693 449 42.0 50%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
1 4 ECONOMICS//EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH//PSYCHOL 3876184
221 3       ECONOMICS//GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR//SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS 50232
422 2             JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKING//ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND HUMAN DECISION PROCESSES//JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING 16464
20693 1                   ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT//SUNK COSTS//SUNK COST EFFECT 449

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT authKW 3022481 13% 74% 60
2 SUNK COSTS authKW 1046585 11% 30% 51
3 SUNK COST EFFECT authKW 695512 3% 68% 15
4 DE ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT authKW 283359 1% 83% 5
5 BAD NEWS REPORTING authKW 272026 1% 100% 4
6 IS PROJECT FAILURE authKW 272026 1% 100% 4
7 IT PROJECT ESCALATION authKW 204020 1% 100% 3
8 SUNK TIME authKW 204020 1% 100% 3
9 MIS DS address 153013 1% 75% 3
10 SELF JUSTIFICATION authKW 141674 1% 42% 5

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 Management 14737 39% 0% 177
2 Psychology, Applied 9850 23% 0% 105
3 Business 4897 19% 0% 87
4 Psychology, Social 2939 14% 0% 62
5 Information Science & Library Science 562 6% 0% 26
6 Psychology, Multidisciplinary 499 8% 0% 36
7 Psychology, Biological 412 4% 0% 16
8 Psychology, Experimental 301 6% 0% 27
9 Business, Finance 200 3% 0% 15
10 Economics 195 8% 0% 36

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 MIS DS 153013 1% 75% 3
2 ECON SOCIAL PSYCHOL UNIT 77716 1% 29% 4
3 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP VENTURE 68007 0% 100% 1
4 BUSINESS TECHNOL 108 68007 0% 100% 1
5 COMMUN SYST MANAGEMENT 68007 0% 100% 1
6 CORP GOVERNANCE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 68007 0% 100% 1
7 COST ACCOUNTING SECT 68007 0% 100% 1
8 DOLE HUMAN DEV 4041 68007 0% 100% 1
9 FM KIRBY CHAIR BUSINESS EXCELLENCE 68007 0% 100% 1
10 HLTH SOCIAL ISSUES 68007 0% 100% 1

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKING 20670 3% 2% 14
2 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND HUMAN DECISION PROCESSES 18553 5% 1% 22
3 ZEITSCHRIFT FUR BETRIEBSWIRTSCHAFT 13600 0% 20% 1
4 JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY 12087 6% 1% 25
5 INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY-PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 11166 2% 2% 10
6 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE 7614 1% 2% 5
7 JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 4399 4% 0% 16
8 CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 3388 1% 1% 6
9 DECISION SCIENCES 3302 2% 1% 8
10 JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS 3221 1% 1% 4

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT 3022481 13% 74% 60 Search ESCALATION+OF+COMMITMENT Search ESCALATION+OF+COMMITMENT
2 SUNK COSTS 1046585 11% 30% 51 Search SUNK+COSTS Search SUNK+COSTS
3 SUNK COST EFFECT 695512 3% 68% 15 Search SUNK+COST+EFFECT Search SUNK+COST+EFFECT
4 DE ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT 283359 1% 83% 5 Search DE+ESCALATION+OF+COMMITMENT Search DE+ESCALATION+OF+COMMITMENT
5 BAD NEWS REPORTING 272026 1% 100% 4 Search BAD+NEWS+REPORTING Search BAD+NEWS+REPORTING
6 IS PROJECT FAILURE 272026 1% 100% 4 Search IS+PROJECT+FAILURE Search IS+PROJECT+FAILURE
7 IT PROJECT ESCALATION 204020 1% 100% 3 Search IT+PROJECT+ESCALATION Search IT+PROJECT+ESCALATION
8 SUNK TIME 204020 1% 100% 3 Search SUNK+TIME Search SUNK+TIME
9 SELF JUSTIFICATION 141674 1% 42% 5 Search SELF+JUSTIFICATION Search SELF+JUSTIFICATION
10 APPROACH AVOIDANCE THEORY 136013 0% 100% 2 Search APPROACH+AVOIDANCE+THEORY Search APPROACH+AVOIDANCE+THEORY

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 KARLSSON, N , JULIUSSON, EA , GARLING, T , (2005) A CONCEPTUALISATION OF TASK DIMENSIONS AFFECTING ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. VOL. 17. ISSUE 6. P. 835-858 45 83% 16
2 MOSER, K , WOLFF, HG , KRAFT, A , (2013) THE DE-ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT: PREDECISIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND COGNITIVE PROCESSES.JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. VOL. 43. ISSUE 2. P. 363-376 33 87% 2
3 SLEESMAN, DJ , CONLON, DE , MCNAMARA, G , MILES, JE , (2012) CLEANING UP THE BIG MUDDY: A META-ANALYTIC REVIEW OF THE DETERMINANTS OF ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT.ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL. VOL. 55. ISSUE 3. P. 541 -562 47 52% 50
4 DRUMMOND, H , (2014) ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT: WHEN TO STAY THE COURSE?.ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES. VOL. 28. ISSUE 4. P. 430 -446 38 63% 2
5 MAGALHAES, P , WHITE, KG , (2016) THE SUNK COST EFFECT ACROSS SPECIES: A REVIEW OF PERSISTENCE IN A COURSE OF ACTION DUE TO PRIOR INVESTMENT.JOURNAL OF THE EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR. VOL. 105. ISSUE 3. P. 339 -361 42 51% 0
6 MEYER, WG , (2014) THE EFFECT OF OPTIMISM BIAS ON THE DECISION TO TERMINATE FAILING PROJECTS.PROJECT MANAGEMENT JOURNAL. VOL. 45. ISSUE 4. P. 7 -20 30 68% 8
7 GILROY, SP , HANTULA, DA , (2016) INHERENTLY IRRATIONAL? A COMPUTATIONAL MODEL OF ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT AS BAYESIAN UPDATING.BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES. VOL. 127. ISSUE . P. 43 -51 30 70% 0
8 BOKULIC, M , BOVAN, K , (2013) SUNK COST EFFECT.DRUSTVENA ISTRAZIVANJA. VOL. 22. ISSUE 2. P. 347 -366 25 81% 0
9 SCHULZ-HARDT, S , THUROW-KRONING, B , FREY, D , (2009) PREFERENCE-BASED ESCALATION: A NEW INTERPRETATION FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY EFFECT IN ESCALATING COMMITMENT AND ENTRAPMENT.ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND HUMAN DECISION PROCESSES. VOL. 108. ISSUE 2. P. 175-186 27 79% 7
10 NAVARRO, AD , FANTINO, E , (2009) THE SUNK-TIME EFFECT: AN EXPLORATION.JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKING. VOL. 22. ISSUE 3. P. 252-270 23 88% 21

Classes with closest relation at Level 1


Rank Class id link
1 16838 INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT//REQUIREMENTS UNCERTAINTY//INFORMATION SYSTEMS FAILURE
2 36211 DECISION MAKING STYLES//DECISION MAKING COMPETENCE//NAVAL OPERAT STRATEG STUDIES GRP
3 15320 MESSAGE FRAMING//FRAMING EFFECTS//ATTRIBUTE FRAMING
4 21279 BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF THE FIRM//ORGANIZATIONAL SLACK//ADAPTIVE ASPIRATIONS
5 20108 ENDOWMENT EFFECT//SELECTIVE ACCESSIBILITY//WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT
6 14807 COUNTERFACTUAL THINKING//REGRET//INACTION INERTIA
7 35785 JUDGMENT OF PERSISTENCE//COVERT TASK ORIENTED VERBALIZATION//HI AND AIDS PREVENTION
8 20287 DISPOSITION EFFECT//OVERCONFIDENCE//INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS
9 13767 HIDDEN PROFILE//SMALL GROUP RESEARCH//UNSHARED INFORMATION
10 35764 CO VARIATION DESIGN//COMPUTER NETWORK SYSTEM//DECISION MAKING RATIONALITY

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