jms-topic-selection
Use when scoping or stress-testing whether a research question fits the Journal of Management Studies (JMS) — a phenomenon-grounded management-theory question, quantitative or qualitative. Decides fit and framing direction; it does not build the theory (jms-theory-development) or position the literature (jms-literature-positioning).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jms-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 (jms-topic-selection) ## When to trigger - You have a dataset, a field site, or a phenomenon but not yet a question JMS would call a *contribution* - The idea feels like "an interesting finding" rather than "a problem in a management conversation" - You are unsure whether the paper belongs at JMS versus AMJ, Organization Studies, JoM, or SMJ - A practitioner-relevant phenomenon is in hand but the management-theory angle is missing - The question could be answered better with qualitative depth than with the quantitative design you defaulted to (or vice versa) ## The JMS topic bar JMS publishes work that **engages an organizational or management phenomenon and moves a theoretical conversation** about it. Two features distinguish a JMS-fit topic. First, it is **phenomenon-rooted**: there is a real-world organizational puzzle (a strategic shift, an entrepreneurial process, an institutional tension, a managerial practice) that the paper takes seriously, not just a gap-in-the-literature. Second, it is **pluralism-friendly**: JMS will reward the question whether you answer it with a structural equation model on survey data, an inductive multi-case study, a longitudinal p
- When to trigger
- The JMS topic bar
- Sharpen the question before you commit
- Sibling fit table — is this really a JMS question?
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the jms-topic-selection skill do?
Use when scoping or stress-testing whether a research question fits the Journal of Management Studies (JMS) — a phenomenon-grounded management-theory question, quantitative or qualitative. Decides fit and framing direction; it does not build the theory (jms-theory-development) or position the literature (jms-literature-positioning).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jms-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.