Use when building the psychological theory and hypotheses for a Journal of Consumer Psychology (JCP) manuscript — naming the mechanism…
Use when building the conceptual core of a Journal of Consumer Research (JCR) manuscript — the psychological process and hypotheses for an…
Use when the theoretical argument is the bottleneck for a Journal of Management (JOM) manuscript — building constructs, mechanisms…
Use when building the theoretical engine of a Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS) manuscript — an IT-business-value logic, a…
Use when the theoretical argument is the bottleneck for a Journal of Management Studies (JMS) manuscript — building a mechanism and…
Use when building the conceptual backbone of a Journal of Public Policy & Marketing (JPP&M) manuscript — theorizing why a policy lever…
Use when building or sharpening the theory for an Organization Science manuscript — articulating the organizational mechanism, bridging…
Use when building the theoretical engine for an Organization Studies (OS) manuscript — the mechanism, process model, or conceptual move…
Use when building the conceptual logic for a Journal of Marketing (JM) manuscript — grounding theory in a real-world marketing phenomenon…
Use when the conceptual argument is the bottleneck for a Research Policy (RP) manuscript — building an innovation-studies mechanism or…
Use when stating the learning/motivation theory and hypotheses for a Journal of Educational Psychology manuscript.
Use when building the theoretical model and hypotheses for a Journal of Applied Psychology (JAP) manuscript.
Use when building the theoretical argument and deriving testable hypotheses for a Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP)…
Use when stating the theory and hypotheses for a Psychological Science manuscript.
Use when turning the synthesis results of a Psychological Bulletin manuscript into a genuine theoretical contribution — reconciling…
Use when a The Economic Journal (EJ) manuscript needs an explicit economic model or mechanism — either a theory paper's model, or the…
Use when a Journal of the European Economic Association (JEEA) manuscript contains a theoretical or structural model whose assumptions…
Use when building or sharpening the formal model for a Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (JLEO) manuscript — transaction-cost…
Use when the economic mechanism, analytical model, or testable predictions are the bottleneck for a Review of Accounting Studies (RAST)…
Use when deciding how much theory or structure a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript should carry — right-sizing a…
Use when building the conceptual frame of a Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM) manuscript — the theory of change / logic…