hrm-topic-selection
Use when scoping or stress-testing the research question for a Human Resource Management (Wiley "HRM") manuscript — confirming an HR-system/practice phenomenon with both a scholarly advance and a workforce-policy or HRM-practice payoff. Locks the question; it does not build the theory (hrm-theory-development).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill hrm-topic-selection --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.
# Topic Selection (hrm-topic-selection) ## When to trigger - The phenomenon is interesting but you cannot name what HR leaders or policy-makers would do differently - The question reads like a Personnel Psychology / JAP micro-study with no HR-system, unit, or firm tie - You are unsure whether the paper belongs at HRM or at HRMJ (the UK journal), JOM, or AMJ - A coauthor asks "is this an HRM paper?" and the answer is really "it's adjacent" - The topic is a managerial trend with no scholarly contribution to anchor it ## The HRM fit test *Human Resource Management* (Wiley) rewards questions about **how HR is designed, enacted, and experienced — and why that matters for people and for the organization**. The journal explicitly spans **micro, macro, and multi-level** phenomena and accepts conceptual, empirical, meta-analytic, and critical-review work. But two gates decide fit, and a topic must clear **both**: 1. **Scholarly advance.** The question must let you contribute theoretically, empirically, and/or methodologically — not merely apply known findings to a new sample. 2. **Practical significance.** The question must have clear implications for **workforce policy or HRM practice**. T
- When to trigger
- The HRM fit test
- Locating the topic in HRM's space
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the hrm-topic-selection skill do?
Use when scoping or stress-testing the research question for a Human Resource Management (Wiley "HRM") manuscript — confirming an HR-system/practice phenomenon with both a scholarly advance and a workforce-policy or HRM-practice payoff. Locks the question; it does not build the theory (hrm-theory-development).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill hrm-topic-selection --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 984 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.