jms-contribution-framing
Use when the "so what for management theory and practice" is the bottleneck for a Journal of Management Studies (JMS) manuscript — sharpening the one-sentence contribution and the implications. Crystallises the claim; it does not build the theory (jms-theory-development) or position against the literature (jms-literature-positioning).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jms-contribution-framing --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.
# Contribution Framing (jms-contribution-framing) ## When to trigger - A reviewer or coauthor asks "what exactly does this contribute to theory?" - The discussion section restates results instead of stating what changed in the conversation - The paper has findings but no crisp one-sentence claim - Practical implications are an afterthought ("managers should be aware…") rather than earned - The contribution is over-claimed (grand) or under-claimed (buried, hedged) ## The JMS contribution bar A JMS paper must articulate a **theoretical contribution** that engages an organizational phenomenon and says what it changes — its house phrasing is the "**so what for management theory and practice**." Two things are non-negotiable: the contribution is to a *theory/conversation* (not just "we found an effect"), and it is *commensurate* with the evidence (neither inflated nor hidden). Because JMS is pluralist, the contribution can be a refined construct, a process model, a boundary condition, a reconciliation, or a challenge to orthodoxy — but it must be nameable in one sentence. ## Build the contribution claim State it in this shape and pressure-test each slot: > *"We contribute to [named conv
- When to trigger
- The JMS contribution bar
- Build the contribution claim
- Calibrate the size of the claim
- Earn the practice implication
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the jms-contribution-framing skill do?
Use when the "so what for management theory and practice" is the bottleneck for a Journal of Management Studies (JMS) manuscript — sharpening the one-sentence contribution and the implications. Crystallises the claim; it does not build the theory (jms-theory-development) or position against the literature (jms-literature-positioning).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jms-contribution-framing --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.