Escalation and De-Escalation of Commitment to Information Technology Projects: Insights from an Approach-Avoidance Punctuated Equilibrium Model

• Main Author: PAN, Gary
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
• Subjects: Accounting; Management Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/285
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper outlines a project evaluation model for examining escalation and de-escalation of commitment to information systems projects. We view escalation and de-escalation of commitment as processes involving recurring instances of approach-avoidance conflict. In the model, the sequential mapping...