amj-literature-positioning
Use when the front end of an Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) manuscript needs to engage the right literatures and stake a clear position in an ongoing theoretical conversation. Positions the paper among theories; it does not derive the hypotheses (amj-theory-development) or write the contribution paragraph (amj-contribution-framing).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill amj-literature-positioning --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Literature Positioning (amj-literature-positioning) ## When to trigger - The introduction reads as "no one has studied X" (gap-spotting) rather than joining a debate - The literature review is an annotated list of prior findings, not an argument - Canonical theoretical works in the focal domain are missing or cited only in passing - You are unsure which conversation the paper enters and which scholars are the audience - A reviewer says "I don't see how this advances the literature" or "this misreads prior work" ## The positioning move AMJ rewards AMJ papers join an **ongoing theoretical conversation** and change it. The front end should name the conversation, show the unresolved tension or contradiction in it, and signal how this study resolves or extends it. "Gap-spotting" — pointing to an empty cell in a table of prior studies — is treated as a weak motivation; AMJ wants a *problematization*: surfacing and challenging an assumption the literature has taken for granted (Alvesson & Sandberg's problematization argument is the standard reference for this move). AMJ's *From the Editors* editorials repeatedly press the "so what?" and "who cares?" tests — your positioning must make th
- When to trigger
- The positioning move AMJ rewards
- Three legitimate motivating moves
- Engaging the literatures
- Front-end structure
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the amj-literature-positioning skill do?
Use when the front end of an Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) manuscript needs to engage the right literatures and stake a clear position in an ongoing theoretical conversation. Positions the paper among theories; it does not derive the hypotheses (amj-theory-development) or write the contribution paragraph (amj-contribution-framing).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill amj-literature-positioning --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.