Introducing Cognizer™: A comprehensive computer package for the elicitation and analysis of cause maps

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-341

  Clarkson, Gail P ^a   Hodgkinson, Gerard P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal mapping; Cognitive mapping; Cognitive mapping software; Knowledge capture; Knowledge elicitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944435500     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428105278022     Document Type: Article

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