Causal Mapping in Practice with CMAP3
Methodological Challenges and Advances in Managerial and Organizational Cognition
ISBN: 978-1-78743-677-0, eISBN: 978-1-78743-676-3
Publication date: 5 December 2017
Abstract
This chapter’s focus is comparative causal mapping (CCM) methods in MOC research. For a background, the chapter discusses first the conceptual (cognitive theoretic) basis in typical CCM studies and its implications for understanding the target phenomena and for CCM methods. Next, it presents the CMAP3 software and describes its operating logic and main functions. Third, the chapter describes how to use CMAP3 in three prototypical cases of CCM, each characterized by different research objectives, kinds of data, and methods of data acquisition but also by potential dilemmas. The chapter concludes by speculating about the future directions of causal mapping and suggesting some ideas for developing in particular large-N CCM methods.
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Acknowledgments
I want to thank the editors of the MOC book series, professors Robert J. Galavan and Kristian J. Sund, and the Editor of this volume, Professor Gerard P. Hodgkinson, for their guidance and support when preparing this chapter. I want to dedicate the chapter to my life companion, Irene Becker (†).
Citation
Laukkanen, M. (2017), "Causal Mapping in Practice with CMAP3", Galavan, R.J., Sund, K.J. and Hodgkinson, G.P. (Ed.) Methodological Challenges and Advances in Managerial and Organizational Cognition (New Horizons in Managerial and Organizational Cognition, Vol. 2), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 147-174. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2397-52102017007
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