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Positions an Administrative Science Quarterly manuscript within organization-theory conversations by naming the conversation, characterizing assumptions, locating tensions, and staking a theoretical opening.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/asq-skills:asq-literature-positioningThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- Your literature section reads as an annotated list rather than an argument
ASQ readers are organization theorists. They expect you to enter a specific, identifiable conversation and advance it. The literature section is an argument that creates the space for your contribution — not a comprehensive survey.
Steps:
ASQ has a long lineage in organization theory and the sociology of organizations, running back to its 1956 founding by James D. Thompson. Failing to engage the relevant tradition is a common rejection trigger. Many of these traditions were defined or sharpened in ASQ's own pages — so the relevant prior is often an ASQ paper, not an AMJ/SMJ one. Map your puzzle to the canonical lineages where appropriate (verify exact citations yourself):
You need not cite all of these — but you must show command of the relevant lineage and recent ASQ-adjacent work in it.
Cut anything that does not (a) establish the conversation, (b) build the tension, or (c) differentiate your contribution. A tight, argumentative review signals command; a sprawling one signals uncertainty.
【Conversation(s)】the 2–4 streams you join
【Prevailing view】steelmanned summary
【Tension/opening】where it breaks and where your paper enters
【Tradition engaged】which org-theory lineage(s)
【Near-scoops handled】yes/no + how differentiated
【Next step】asq-methods
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin asq-skillsPositions Organization Science manuscripts by joining conversations, problematizing assumptions, and integrating across disciplines (org theory, strategy, sociology, economics, psychology).
Positions an Organization Studies manuscript within its theoretical conversation, articulating what the field knows, misses, and the gap the paper closes.
Guides the front end of an AMJ manuscript to engage relevant literatures and stake a clear theoretical position by surfacing tensions, contingencies, or problematizations; avoids gap-spotting.