Impact of decision goal on escalation

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 309-322

  Karlsson, Niklas ^a   Juliusson, Ásgeir ^a   Grankvist, Gunne ^a   Gärling, Tommy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decision making; Escalation; Sunk cost

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS; MALE;

EID: 0036834717     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(02)00056-2     Document Type: Article

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