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Evaluates whether an I-O / applied psychology project fits the Journal of Applied Psychology (JAP) and which article type to target, based on theoretical contribution, measurement rigor, and cumulative footing.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/journal-of-applied-psychology-skills:joap-topic-selectionThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
JAP publishes original work that **advances theory about individual, team, and organizational
JAP publishes original work that advances theory about individual, team, and organizational phenomena at work — motivation, leadership, selection and assessment, teams, job attitudes and well-being, justice, training, turnover. The cardinal fit test is dual: a real theoretical contribution and the measurement/design rigor to support a causal or cumulative claim. Use this skill to pressure-test fit before investing.
A strong JAP paper usually clears all four:
joap-study-design).joap-open-science-and-transparency).joap-theory-and-hypotheses carries it.Score a candidate against the four gates before investing. A leadership project, two framings:
Candidate A (off-fit): one cross-sectional survey (N = 220), servant
leadership ↔ performance, all self-report, no theory advance.
Theory ✗ (known correlation, new sample) Rigor ✗ (single-source CSV)
Relevance ~ moderate Cumulative ~ (shareable but thin)
Verdict: off-fit → reframe with a mechanism + multilevel/temporal design, or
place in an applied outlet.
Candidate B (strong): two-wave multilevel field study (N = 612 in 74 teams)
+ lab experiment; servant leadership → psychological safety →
team performance; open data/materials, lab study preregistered.
Theory ✓ (cross-level mechanism, boundary condition)
Rigor ✓ (temporal separation, nesting modeled, experimental causal leg)
Relevance ✓ Cumulative ✓
Verdict: strong fit → Feature Article.
| If the work is... | Target type | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Programmatic, multi-study, theory + rigor | Feature Article | the standard high-impact empirical slot |
| Focused, shorter, still a clear contribution | Research Report | tighter budget; confirm current cap (待核实) |
| A conceptual advance with no new data | Theory-development article | joap-theory-and-hypotheses is the spine |
| A cumulative synthesis of an effect | Meta-analysis / integrative review | transparency of coding decisions is essential |
| A qualitative I-O contribution | Qualitative research | state trustworthiness/credibility criteria |
joap-study-design).【Question / phenomenon】one sentence
【Theoretical contribution】new mechanism / boundary / integration / construct
【Rigor】design + measurement adequate for the claim? [Y/N]
【Relevance】applied + scientific stakes
【Cumulative】shareable + preregisterable under TOP? [Y/N]
【Type】Feature Article / Research Report / theory-development / review / qualitative / meta-analysis
【Fit verdict】strong / needs reframing / off-fit (why)
【Next】joap-theory-and-hypotheses
../../resources/external_tools.md — preregistration, repositories, I-O measurement and meta-analysis tooling../../resources/official-source-map.md — scope, accepted article types, and length policynpx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin journal-of-applied-psychology-skillsRoutes JAP manuscript workflow by article type and lifecycle stage, ensuring I-O theoretical contribution and measurement rigor are addressed early.
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