orgsci-literature-positioning
Use when positioning an Organization Science manuscript in the literature — identifying the organization-theory conversation it joins, problematizing rather than gap-spotting, and integrating across the disciplines (organization theory, strategy, sociology, economics, psychology) the journal draws on.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill orgsci-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 (orgsci-literature-positioning) ## When to trigger - Your introduction reads as "no one has studied X" (gap-spotting) - You cannot name the specific conversation your paper joins - Reviewers cite literatures you did not engage, or say "this is not positioned" - Your micro paper ignores the macro literature on the same construct (or vice versa) ## Join a conversation, do not spot a gap Organization Science is **interdisciplinary** — it draws on organization theory, strategy, sociology, economics, and psychology — so positioning is not citing everything; it is locating one conversation and advancing it. Replace gap-spotting with **problematization**: surface and challenge an assumption the existing literature takes for granted, then show how your study revises it. Because the editorial standard is **overall contribution** ("theoretical novelty is neither necessary nor sufficient"), positioning should make clear which contribution source you are claiming — new theory, new data, methodological insight, a new setting that tests generalizability, a sharper mechanism, or relevance to a social problem or grand challenge. ## Position across levels and disciplines -
- When to trigger
- Join a conversation, do not spot a gap
- Position across levels and disciplines
- Anti-patterns
- Positioning pass for Organization Science
- Output format
What does the orgsci-literature-positioning skill do?
Use when positioning an Organization Science manuscript in the literature — identifying the organization-theory conversation it joins, problematizing rather than gap-spotting, and integrating across the disciplines (organization theory, strategy, sociology, economics, psychology) the journal draws on.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill orgsci-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 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.