Escalation and De-Escalation of Commitment to Information Systems Projects: Insights from a Project Evaluation Model

• Main Authors: PAN, Shan Ling, PAN, Gary S. C., NEWMAN, Michael, FLYNN, Donal
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: Escalation and de-escalation of commitment to information system projects; punctuated equilibrium process model; approach-avoidance theory; case study; Accounting; Management Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/691; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soa_research/article/1690/viewcontent/EJOR2006_EscalationCommitmentISProjects.pdf
• 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...