TY - CHAP AB - 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. VL - 2 SN - 978-1-78743-677-0, 978-1-78743-676-3/2397-5210 DO - 10.1108/S2397-52102017007 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2397-52102017007 AU - Laukkanen Mauri ED - Robert J. Galavan ED - Kristian J. Sund ED - Gerard P. Hodgkinson PY - 2017 Y1 - 2017/01/01 TI - Causal Mapping in Practice with CMAP3 T2 - Methodological Challenges and Advances in Managerial and Organizational Cognition T3 - New Horizons in Managerial and Organizational Cognition PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 147 EP - 174 Y2 - 2024/04/19 ER -