amr-literature-positioning
Use when you must identify which theoretical conversation an Academy of Management Review (AMR) manuscript enters and how it "challenges and extends" that conversation. Positions the argument within a literature; it does NOT summarize the field (AMR punishes review-essays) and does NOT build the new theory (that is amr-theory-development).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill amr-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: Whose Conversation, and How You Challenge It (amr-literature-positioning) ## When to trigger - You have a puzzle but cannot name the theory stream you are arguing with - Your literature section reads like a survey ("scholars have studied...") - You cite broadly but engage no single conversation deeply - A reader asks "so which theory are you extending, exactly?" ## The principle: engage, don't summarize AMR is a journal of *conversations*. Every accepted paper enters a specific theoretical conversation and moves it. The literature section is not a catalog of who-did-what — it is the **set-up of the tension** your theory will resolve. Two questions govern everything: 1. **Which conversation am I in?** Pick the *primary* theoretical stream (e.g., the attention-based view; institutional logics; dynamic capabilities). A paper that is "in five conversations" is in none. 2. **How do I challenge AND extend it?** AMR's hallmark phrase. You must do both: show a limit/contradiction in the existing theory (challenge) and offer the new theoretical machinery that resolves it (extend). Pure praise = no contribution; pure critique = no theory. AMR's scope explicitly welc
- When to trigger
- The principle: engage, don't summarize
- Positioning moves (pick the one your puzzle supports)
- Exemplar
- How to read the conversation (durable practice)
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the amr-literature-positioning skill do?
Use when you must identify which theoretical conversation an Academy of Management Review (AMR) manuscript enters and how it "challenges and extends" that conversation. Positions the argument within a literature; it does NOT summarize the field (AMR punishes review-essays) and does NOT build the new theory (that is amr-theory-development).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill amr-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.