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Comment

Response

Reviewer 1

1

They present an interesting work with a novel contribution to the question under investigation.

For a better quality of work some reforms are needed:

Greater transparency is needed about informants and sample description.

We added more information about the research population in the Methodology section, see the new “Research population” subsection.

Reviewer 2

2

Another sentence could be added at the end of the abstract to touch upon the implications of the results briefly.

An additional sentence was added in the end of the abstract.

3

In the introduction section author(s) may want to add a sentence or two regarding the significance of this study to catch the early attention of their audience and develop strong reader interest.

We added a paragraph in the end of the introduction section regarding the significance and importance of the study.

4

Also, may want to add some more detail regarding the diversity/breadth of the sample size/respondents of the study.

We added more information about the research population in the Methodology section, see the new “Research population” subsection.

5

Please consider including the limitations of this research and suggestions that incorporate the gaps yet to be filled by future research.

Limitations of this research and suggestions for the future study were added in the last paragraph of the Summary.

6

Please investigate the overall grammar of the paper. I found a few places that can be improved regarding grammar, punctuation, etc.

The paper went through extensive editing, as is evident from the modifications throughout the paper, see “track changes”.

Reviewer 3

7

A system model should be added, especially related to the job, such as the components and relationship between components in the system.

In the discussion we added a model for adapting the systems thinking capabilities of a job candidate to the job requirements, see the new Figure 1.

8

For 120 participants, their personality, occupation and background should be described, these characteristics will affect the way of system thinking.

We added more information about the research population in the Methodology section, see the new “Research population” subsection.

9

System thinking is closely related to cognitive science. Thinking is a cognitive process. So a picture of a cognitive model, or mental model, should be given in this paper.

We discussed the association between systems thinking and mental model 13 times in the manuscript. Nonetheless, we added the new reference [38], which we refer to in the discussion section. This addition regards the relation between systems thinking and the complexity of cognitive models.

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Comment

Response

Reviewer 1

1

They present an interesting work with a novel contribution to the question under investigation.

For a better quality of work some reforms are needed:

Greater transparency is needed about informants and sample description.

We added more information about the research population in the Methodology section, see the new “Research population” subsection.

Reviewer 2

2

Another sentence could be added at the end of the abstract to touch upon the implications of the results briefly.

An additional sentence was added in the end of the abstract.

3

In the introduction section author(s) may want to add a sentence or two regarding the significance of this study to catch the early attention of their audience and develop strong reader interest.

We added a paragraph in the end of the introduction section regarding the significance and importance of the study.

4

Also, may want to add some more detail regarding the diversity/breadth of the sample size/respondents of the study.

We added more information about the research population in the Methodology section, see the new “Research population” subsection.

5

Please consider including the limitations of this research and suggestions that incorporate the gaps yet to be filled by future research.

Limitations of this research and suggestions for the future study were added in the last paragraph of the Summary.

6

Please investigate the overall grammar of the paper. I found a few places that can be improved regarding grammar, punctuation, etc.

The paper went through extensive editing, as is evident from the modifications throughout the paper, see “track changes”.

Reviewer 3

7

A system model should be added, especially related to the job, such as the components and relationship between components in the system.

In the discussion we added a model for adapting the systems thinking capabilities of a job candidate to the job requirements, see the new Figure 1.

8

For 120 participants, their personality, occupation and background should be described, these characteristics will affect the way of system thinking.

We added more information about the research population in the Methodology section, see the new “Research population” subsection.

9

System thinking is closely related to cognitive science. Thinking is a cognitive process. So a picture of a cognitive model, or mental model, should be given in this paper.

We discussed the association between systems thinking and mental model 13 times in the manuscript. Nonetheless, we added the new reference [38], which we refer to in the discussion section. This addition regards the relation between systems thinking and the complexity of cognitive models.

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Comment

Response

Reviewer 1

1

They present an interesting work with a novel contribution to the question under investigation.

For a better quality of work some reforms are needed:

Greater transparency is needed about informants and sample description.

We added more information about the research population in the Methodology section, see the new “Research population” subsection.

Reviewer 2

2

Another sentence could be added at the end of the abstract to touch upon the implications of the results briefly.

An additional sentence was added in the end of the abstract.

3

In the introduction section author(s) may want to add a sentence or two regarding the significance of this study to catch the early attention of their audience and develop strong reader interest.

We added a paragraph in the end of the introduction section regarding the significance and importance of the study.

4

Also, may want to add some more detail regarding the diversity/breadth of the sample size/respondents of the study.

We added more information about the research population in the Methodology section, see the new “Research population” subsection.

5

Please consider including the limitations of this research and suggestions that incorporate the gaps yet to be filled by future research.

Limitations of this research and suggestions for the future study were added in the last paragraph of the Summary.

6

Please investigate the overall grammar of the paper. I found a few places that can be improved regarding grammar, punctuation, etc.

The paper went through extensive editing, as is evident from the modifications throughout the paper, see “track changes”.

Reviewer 3

7

A system model should be added, especially related to the job, such as the components and relationship between components in the system.

In the discussion we added a model for adapting the systems thinking capabilities of a job candidate to the job requirements, see the new Figure 1.

8

For 120 participants, their personality, occupation and background should be described, these characteristics will affect the way of system thinking.

We added more information about the research population in the Methodology section, see the new “Research population” subsection.

9

System thinking is closely related to cognitive science. Thinking is a cognitive process. So a picture of a cognitive model, or mental model, should be given in this paper.

We discussed the association between systems thinking and mental model 13 times in the manuscript. Nonetheless, we added the new reference [38], which we refer to in the discussion section. This addition regards the relation between systems thinking and the complexity of cognitive models.