orgstud-topic-selection
Use when choosing or sharpening the phenomenon and research question for an Organization Studies (OS) manuscript — testing whether it is theoretically generative for OS's European organization-theory audience. Diagnoses fit and scope; it does not build the theory or run analysis.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill orgstud-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 (orgstud-topic-selection) ## When to trigger - You have a phenomenon (a merger, a profession, an institutional disruption, a digital practice) but are unsure it can yield an OS-grade *theoretical* contribution - The question is interesting empirically but reads as "describing a case" rather than advancing organization theory - The paper could plausibly go to ASQ, Organization Science, JMS, or AMR and you need to decide which conversation it joins - A coauthor wants a managerial-implications paper; OS wants a theory paper ## What OS actually rewards OS is a **theory-first European** journal: the unit of contribution is **a move in an ongoing theoretical conversation about organizing**, not a clean effect or a managerial fix. The strongest OS topics share three properties. (1) They are **theoretically generative** — the phenomenon is a window onto a mechanism, process, or tension that organization theory has not yet seen clearly (e.g., how institutional logics are reconciled in practice; how sensemaking breaks down; how power is reproduced through routines). (2) They are **processual or relational** — OS leans toward how organizing *unfolds, becomes, is contested*,
- When to trigger
- What OS actually rewards
- Choosing the conversation (and the right venue)
- From phenomenon to question
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the orgstud-topic-selection skill do?
Use when choosing or sharpening the phenomenon and research question for an Organization Studies (OS) manuscript — testing whether it is theoretically generative for OS's European organization-theory audience. Diagnoses fit and scope; it does not build the theory or run analysis.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill orgstud-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.