amr-methods
Use when choosing and applying a theory-construction method for an Academy of Management Review (AMR) manuscript — building constructs, defining their domain, specifying relationships, articulating the underlying logic/mechanisms, and setting boundary conditions. This is the THEORY-CONSTRUCTION craft, NOT empirical method; AMR publishes no datasets, no measures, and no statistical tests.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill amr-methods --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.
# Theory-Construction Method (amr-methods) > **AMR publishes NO empirical data.** There are no samples, no measures, no estimation, > and no results. "Method" here means the *craft of building theory*: how you construct > constructs, derive relationships, ground mechanisms, and bound the theory. If your > project needs data to make its point, it belongs at AMJ / ASQ / SMJ. ## When to trigger - Constructs and propositions exist but the *way* they were built feels ad hoc - A reviewer would ask "where did this construct's domain come from?" - The theory needs a more disciplined construction approach than intuition - You need to choose among theory-building styles for your puzzle ## Choosing a theory-construction approach | Approach | When it fits | Core moves | |----------|-------------|-----------| | Conceptual elaboration | Extending a known theory to a new domain | Carry over the core logic; re-specify constructs for the new setting; add boundary conditions | | Analogical / metaphorical transfer | A construct from another field illuminates a management phenomenon | Map source → target carefully; theorize where the analogy holds and breaks | | Typology construction | The phenomenon
- When to trigger
- Choosing a theory-construction approach
- Building each component well
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the amr-methods skill do?
Use when choosing and applying a theory-construction method for an Academy of Management Review (AMR) manuscript — building constructs, defining their domain, specifying relationships, articulating the underlying logic/mechanisms, and setting boundary conditions. This is the THEORY-CONSTRUCTION craft, NOT empirical method; AMR publishes no datasets, no measures, and no statistical tests.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill amr-methods --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.