De-escalation after repeated negative feedback: Emergent expectations of failure

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 365-379

  Zikmund Fisher, Brian J ^a,b  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Prog Improving Hlth Care Decisions   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Bayesian reasoning; Causal attribution; Expectations; Investment decisions; Negative feedback; Sunk costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944264259     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.478     Document Type: Article

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