Methodological Challenges and Advances in Managerial and Organizational Cognition
Managerial and organizational cognition has sustained and gained the interest of researchers for over a quarter of a century. This volume takes stock of the methodological accomplishments of the MOC field in recent years, and it sets the agenda for the next phase of its development.
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| Language: | English |
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Bingley
Emerald Publishing Limited
05.12.2017
Emerald Publishing Emerald |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Series: | New horizons in managerial and organizational cognition |
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| ISBN: | 9781787436770, 1787436772, 1787436764, 9781787436763 |
| ISSN: | 2397-5210 |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1: Exploring Methods in Managerial and Organizational Cognition: Advances, Controversies, and Contributions -- Introduction -- From Conscious to Nonconscious and Cold to Hot Cognition -- Overview of the Chapters in this Volume -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 2: Modeling Affect and Cognition: Opportunities and Challenges for Managerial and Organizational Cognition -- Introduction -- Why Affect-Cognition Interactions Matter to MOC -- Theorizing and Measuring Affect-Cognition Interactions -- Alternative Methods for Studying Affect and Cognition -- Advantages Of ABM for MOC -- Modeling the Interaction of Affect and Cognition: Illustrative Examples -- Abelson's "Hot" Cognition Model -- Loewenstein, O'Donoghue, and Bhatia's Model of Affect and Deliberation -- Thagard and Kroon's Model of Emotional Consensus in Group Decision-Making -- Epstein's Agent_Zero Model -- Critical Evaluation of the Four Models -- Opportunities and Challenges for using ABM to Model Affect and Cognition in Organizations -- Greater Behavioral Specificity of Affective and Cognitive Mechanisms -- Greater Behavioral Plausibility -- Representing Generative Mechanisms with Greater Precision -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: An Open-Ended Interview Approach for Studying Cognition and Emotion in Organizations -- What is the Interview Technique? -- Preparation -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis and Interpretation -- Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 4: Methodological Issues in Leadership Training Research: In Pursuit of Causality -- Introduction -- Evaluation of Leadership Training Research -- The Causal Link Between Leadership Training and Outcomes -- Evaluating Intervention Research Designs
- Problems of Participant Selection and Random Assignment in Leadership Training -- Implicit Social Cognition and Implications for Leadership Training -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 5: Policy-Capturing: An Ingenious Technique for Exploring the Cognitive Bases of Work-Related Decisions -- Introduction -- Methodological Advantages (And Limitations) of Policy-Capturing -- Theoretical Foundations and Basic Design Principles -- Probabilistic Functionalism, The Lens Model, and Social Judgment Theory -- Principle 1: Representative Design -- Principle 2: A Commitment to Idiographic Analysis -- Research Design Issues -- Data Analysis Issues -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: To Grasp Cognition in Action, Combine Behavioral Experiments with Protocol Analysis -- How Experiments and Protocol Analysis can Benefit Cognition Research -- Behavioral Experiments for Causality and Replicability -- Combining Experiments with Protocol Analysis -- Putting Behavioral Experiments and Protocol Analysis to Work -- Designing Rigorous Experimental Instruments -- Preparing for Data Collection -- Collecting Data in a Controlled Environment -- Analyzing Rich Quantitative and Qualitative Data -- Replicating Research Findings in Various Samples -- Conclusion -- Note -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix: Drill for Oil! Earn Money! -- Chapter 7: Causal Mapping in Practice with CMAP3 -- Introduction -- Operating Logic and Modules of CMAP3 -- Case 1: CCM Using Interview Data -- Case 2: Document-Based Composite Causal Maps -- Case 3: Nomothetic Causal Mapping with Structured Methods -- Conclusion: What Next? -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix A: CMAP3 -- Appendix B: List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 8: Quantitative Measures of Cognitive Map Structure: Probability Distributions Derived by Monte Carlo Simulation -- Introduction
- Chapter 11: How Do Managers Really Think? Using Think Aloud and fMRI to Take a Closer Look at Managerial Cognition -- Introduction -- Zooming in on Managerial Cognition: Two Dissimilar but Complementary Methods to Uncover Cognitive Functions and Processes -- What are TA and FMRI? -- Think Aloud (TA) -- TA Today -- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) -- fMRI Today -- How TA and FMRI Work -- TA -- fMRI -- Key Steps for Each Method -- Advantages: What are TA and fMRI Good for? -- Disadvantages: What are TA and fMRI not so Good for? -- Common Disadvantages -- Specific Criticisms of fMRI -- Potential Synergies between TA and fMRI -- Promising Study Topics -- Emotions -- Cognitive Control and Attentional Processes -- Trade-Off Situations -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix: Getting Participants to Think Aloud -- Chapter 12: Rolling the Dice: What Methodological Choices Maximize Chances for Publication in Premier Strategic Management Journals? -- Introduction -- What we Already know about Methodological Norms at Premier Strategy Journals -- Methodological Advice from Editors -- Systematic Content Analysis Methods -- Why SMJ and AMJ? -- Sample Articles -- Sampling Validity -- Coding Schemes -- Final Refinements -- Inter-Coder Reliability -- Final Coding Scheme -- Content Analysis Results -- General Research Approach -- Data Collection in Qualitative Studies -- Data Collection in Surveys -- Data Collection from Secondary Data Sets -- Temporal Structure -- Sample Sizes -- Statistical Software Packages -- Econometrics Models -- Robustness Checks and Endogeneity -- Discussion and Conclusions -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Author Biographies -- Index
- Theoretical and Practical Context -- Current Quantitative Measures of Cognitive Map Structure -- A Family of Measures -- Number of Constructs (S01) -- Number of Links (S02) -- Total Link Weight (S03) -- Mean Link Weight (S04) -- Standard Deviation Link Weight (S05) -- Total Absolute Link Weight (S06) -- Mean Absolute Link Weight (S07) -- Standard Deviation Absolute Link Weight (S08) -- Link Density (S09) -- Link Weight Density (S10) -- Absolute Link Weight Density (S11) -- Map Density (S12) -- Simulation -- Simulation Implementation -- Simulation Experiments -- Validation of Random Number Generator -- Simulation Results and Analysis -- Worked Example 1 -- Worked Example 2 -- Discussion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 9: Re-Examining What We "Anticipate" in a Constructed World -- Introduction -- The World As We Have Always Known It - So Obvious And Still Struggling -- The Need to Anticipate Today and Tomorrow -- Seeing Sooner When Much of Life is Unanticipated -- The Psychology of the "Unknown" -- Eliciting Anticipatory Systems -- 1955 and Ahead of his Time -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix A: Outline of Repertory Grid Interview Sent to all Respondents -- Appendix B: Nine Element Cards Used for Construct Elicitation Based on the "Staying F.O.C.U.S.E.D." Pedagogical Framework -- Chapter 10: Neuroscience Methods: A Framework for Managerial and Organizational Cognition -- MOC and Neuroscience: Between theory and Methods -- A Methodological Framework: Three Ways of Looking at Neuroscience Methods -- Neuroscience Techniques for MOC -- Mapping the Central Nervous System -- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Electroencephalography -- Magnetoencephalography -- Mapping the Peripheral Nervous System -- Cardiovascular Measures -- Electrodermal Activity -- Discussion and Conclusions -- Note -- Acknowledgments -- References