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Overcommitment as a consequence of intervention may manifest itself in several ways: objectively, whereby (1) resources are exhausted in the successful accomplishment of ends while expectations remain relatively stable, or (2) resources are inadequate at the outset to meet expectations; and subjectively, whereby expectations are elevated beyond the capacity of the intervention to meet them, regardless of a rise in resources. In the objective case, the problem is due essentially to insufficient resources; in the subjective case, it is due to rising expectations regardless of resources.
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Sieber, S.D. (1981). Overcommitment. In: Fatal Remedies. Environment, Development, and Public Policy Public Policy and Social Services. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7456-5_8
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