Masoumeh Shohani, Mohammadreza Bastami, Leili Abedi Gheshlaghi, Abbas Nasrollahi
Nursing student's satisfaction with two methods of CBL and lecture-based learning
BMC medical education
one challenging decisions manager must confront whether continue abandon troubled project published studies suggest failing software projects often allowed continue long appropriate management action taken discontinue redirect efforts level sunk cost associated projects offered one explanation escalation commitment behavior prior studies fail consider concepts risktaking theory risk propensity risk perception affect decision makers willingness continue project conditions sunk cost better understand factors may cause decision makers continue projects study examines level sunk cost together risk propensity risk perception decision makers factors assessed crosscultural robustness using matching laboratory experiments carried three cultures finland netherlands singapore wider set explanatory factors prior studies could account higher amount variance decision makers willingness continue project level sunk cost risk perception decision makers contributed significantly willingness continue project moreover risk propensity decision makers inversely related risk perception inverse relationship significantly stronger singapore low uncertainty avoidance culture finland netherlands high uncertainty avoidance cultures results reveal factors behind decision makers willingness continue project consistent across cultures others may culturesensitive implications results research practice discussed