Editor’s Comments: Positioning a Theory Paper for Publication

Academy of Management ReviewVol. 43, No. 3 From the EditorEditor's Comments: Positioning a Theory Paper for PublicationJay BarneyJay BarneyEditorPublished Online:3 Jul 2018https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2018.0112AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsDownload CitationsAdd to favoritesTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail View articleREFERENCESBarney J. B. 2018. Editor's comments: Theory contributions and the AMR review process. Academy of Management Review, 43: 1–4.Link , Google ScholarBusse C., Kach A., & Wagner S. 2017. Boundary conditions: What are they, how to explore them, why we need them, and when to consider them. Organizational Research Methods, 20: 574–609. Google ScholarClark T.Wright M.Ketchen D. (Eds.). 2016. How to get published in the best management journals. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. Google ScholarCorley K., & Gioia D. 2011. Building a theory about theory building: What constitutes a theoretical contribution? Academy of Management Review, 36: 12–32.Link , Google ScholarDavis M. 1971. That's interesting! Towards a phenomenology of sociology and a sociology of phenomenology. Philosophy and Social Science, 1: 309–344. Google ScholarFulmer I. S. 2012. Editor's comments: The craft of writing theory articles—Variety and similarity in AMR. Academy of Management Review, 37: 327–331. Google ScholarHitt M., & Smith K. 2005. Introduction: The process of developing management theory. In K. Smith & M. Hitt (Eds.), Great minds in management: 1–8. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Google ScholarHuff A. 1999. Writing for scholarly publication. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Google ScholarRagins R. 2012. Editor's comments: Reflections on the craft of clear writing. Academy of Management Review, 37: 493–501.Link , Google ScholarRynes S. 2002. From the editors: Some reflections on contribution. Academy of Management Journal, 45: 311–313. Google ScholarSmith K., & Hitt M. (Eds.). 2005. Great minds in management. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Google ScholarSuddaby R. 2010. Editor's comments: Construct clarity in theories of management and organization. Academy of Management Review, 35: 346–358.Link , Google ScholarWeick K. 1989. Theory construction as disciplined imagination. Academy of Management Review, 14: 516–531.Link , Google ScholarWhetten D. 1989. What constitutes a theoretical contribution? Academy of Management Review, 14: 490–495.Link , Google ScholarFiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byGuidance for AMR Authors about Making Formal Theory AccessibleRichard Makadok20 April 2022 | Academy of Management Review, Vol. 47, No. 2From the Editors—The Nuts and Bolts of Writing a Theory Paper: A Practical Guide to Getting StartedSherry M. B. Thatcher and Greg Fisher10 January 2022 | Academy of Management Review, Vol. 47, No. 1Publishing in the Academy of Management JournalsKevin Rockmann, Stuart J. Bunderson, Carrie R. Leana, Paul Hibbert, Laszlo Tihanyi, Phillip H. Phan and Sherry M. B. Thatcher15 July 2021 | Academy of Management Review, Vol. 46, No. 3Publishing in the Academy of Management JournalsKevin Rockmann, J. Stuart Bunderson, Carrie R. Leana, Paul Hibbert, Laszlo Tihanyi, Phillip H. Phan and Sherry M. B. Thatcher15 July 2021 | Academy of Management Annals, Vol. 15, No. 2Publishing in the Academy of Management JournalsKevin Rockmann, J. Stuart Bunderson, Carrie R. Leana, Paul Hibbert, Laszlo Tihanyi, Phillip H. Phan and Sherry M. B. Thatcher29 June 2021 | Academy of Management Learning & Education, Vol. 20, No. 2Publishing in the Academy of Management JournalsKevin Rockmann, J. Stuart Bunderson, Carrie R. Leana, Paul Hibbert, Laszlo Tihanyi, Phillip H. Phan and Sherry M. B. Thatcher28 May 2021 | Academy of Management Perspectives, Vol. 35, No. 2Publishing in the Academy of Management JournalsKevin Rockmann, J. Stuart Bunderson, Carrie R. Leana, Paul Hibbert, Laszlo Tihanyi, Phillip H. Phan and Sherry M. B. Thatcher16 March 2021 | Academy of Management Discoveries, Vol. 7, No. 1The Problems With Theory and New Challenges in TheorizingGeoffrey Wood, Phillip H. Phan and Mike Wright29 November 2018 | Academy of Management Perspectives, Vol. 32, No. 4 Vol. 43, No. 3 Permissions Metrics in the past 12 months History Published online 3 July 2018 Published in print 1 July 2018 Information© Academy of Management ReviewAcknowledgmentsThis editorial is based on a presentation given to many audiences, in many venues, around the world. Most recently, it was presented to the AMR Paper Development Workshop held on February 10, 2018, at the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkley.Download PDF