1 Anxiety, Learning and ‘Goalodicy’: The Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction D. Christopher Kayes The George Washington University School of Business 2201 G Street, NW, Funger Hall Washington D.C. 20052 Phone: 202-994-4795 Fax: 202-994-4930 Email: dckayes@gwu.edu Russ Vince The Centre for Management and Organizational Learning The Business School, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, UK, HU6 7RX Phone: +44-(0)1482-463201 Email: r.vince@hull.ac.uk Submitted to OLKC 2006 Conference at the University of Warwick, Coventry on 20th - 22nd March 2006