From asq-skills
Frames the theoretical contribution and "so what" for an ASQ manuscript once results exist, structuring the intro and discussion around a contribution type.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/asq-skills:asq-contribution-framingThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- Results exist but you cannot state the contribution in one crisp sentence
At ASQ the deliverable is a change in how organization theorists understand something. A finding answers a question; a contribution reframes the question or overturns a prior. Frame around the surprise identified in asq-topic-selection and the mechanism from asq-theory-development. The ASQ archetype is a paper that gives the field a new lens it cannot un-see — the garbage-can model of organizational choice (Cohen, March & Olsen 1972, ASQ) or Barley's (1986, ASQ) reconception of technology as an occasion for structuring. Note what is not the ASQ deliverable: an improvement in firm performance (the SMJ register) or a well-powered confirmation of a moderated hypothesis (a common AMJ profile) is not, by itself, a theoretical contribution here.
Avoid the weakest "contribution" types ASQ tends to reject: "we replicate prior work in a new setting," "we add a moderator," "we study an understudied topic."
Place a sharp statement early (intro) and revisit it in the discussion. Shape:
"We contribute to [conversation] by showing [surprising insight]. Whereas prior work assumed [prior], we demonstrate [reframing/mechanism/boundary], driven by [mechanism]. This implies [non-obvious consequence] and reopens [new question]."
【Contribution (one sentence)】...
【Type】reframing / mechanism / boundary / integration / new model
【Prior overturned】what the field assumed
【Generativity】new questions opened
【Claim calibration】matches evidence? (yes/no)
【Next step】asq-tables-figures
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin asq-skillsFrames empirical results into an explicit theoretical contribution for AMJ manuscripts, crafting the discussion section around mechanism, boundary, or integration claims.
Positions an Administrative Science Quarterly manuscript within organization-theory conversations by naming the conversation, characterizing assumptions, locating tensions, and staking a theoretical opening.
Frames the one-sentence theoretical contribution for Organization Studies manuscripts, sharpening intro/discussion claims. Use when reviewers question contribution or when findings lack a theoretical move.