M: Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition by Steven McShane, Mary Von Glinow

Exercise 15

The Director of Nursing is looking throughout the hospital for a new format of a work schedule for nurses. She evaluates each schedule system as soon as she learns about it. Eventually, she finds a schedule that is 'good enough' for her needs and ends her search even though there may be better schedules available that she hasn't yet learned about. The Director of Nursing is engaging in:
A) escalation of commitment.
B) satisficing.
C) perceptual defense.
D) post-decisional justification.
E) open rationalization.