Developing assessment procedures and assessing two models of escalation behavior among community college administrators
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- James Lancaster Ph.D., Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: Escalation behavior occurs when individual decision-makersrepeatedly investtime, money, and other resources into a failing project. Aconceptual model of escalationbehavior based on project, organizational, social and psychological forces was developed,and a 75item measurement instrument was constructedto assess the various dimensions. Themodel was tested using data collected from a random sample of North Carolina CommunityCollegeadministrators. A LISREL measurement model analysis provided support for thefour escalation forces. Two structural modelswere tested, leading to support for amediational model for escalation behavior. The most important contributor to Escalation wasthe Psychological force.
Developing assessment procedures and assessing two models of escalation behavior among community college administrators
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- Publication
- Hollar, D., Hattie, J., Goldman, B. and Lancaster, James (2000). Developing assessment procedures and assessing two models of escalation behavior among community college administrators. Theory and Decision, 49, 1-24. Version of record available from Springer Verlag. [ISSN: 0040-5833], [DOI: 10.1023/A: 1005291216245]
- Language: English
- Date: 2000
- Keywords
- College administrators, Escalation behavior, Measurement models, Structural equation models, Sunk costs,