Md. Street et Wp. Anthony, A CONCEPTUAL-FRAMEWORK ESTABLISHING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GROUPTHINK AND ESCALATING COMMITMENT BEHAVIOR, Small group research, 28(2), 1997, pp. 267-293
This conceptual article presents three propositions designed to demons
trate a theoretical relationship between the groupthink and escalation
commitment models. These propositions argue that groups exhibiting gr
oupthink characteristics are more likely to escalate commitment to a l
osing course of action than are groups not exhibiting groupthink chara
cteristics.