pubar-workflow

PAR Workflow Router (pubar-workflow)

The orchestrator for a Public Administration Review submission. Figure out the stage and the article type, then send the user to the matching skill. PAR is the ASPA flagship that bridges research and practice — the router's first job is to confirm the paper carries a credible contribution to scholarship and a defensible "so-what" for public managers.

When to trigger

• Starting a new PAR paper and unsure where to begin
• Mid-project and unsure which skill applies next
• Deciding which article type fits the work
• Returning with a decision letter (route to pubar-rebuttal)

First question: which article type?

Situation	Article type	Route to
Full empirical study, broad PA significance	Scholarly Take (research manuscript, ≤ 8,000 words)	normal pipeline below
Conceptual / theoretical or "state of PA" thought piece	Conceptualizing Public Administration	pubar-theory-building early
Research manuscript by an early-career scholar	Early Career Intel	normal pipeline, scope tightly
Practitioner–scholar co-authored, practice-driven	Practically Speaking	pubar-writing-style (practitioner voice) early
Book review	Public Administration in Print	out of scope for this empirical stack

Whatever the type, Evidence for Practice (3–5 takeaway points for practitioners) is expected — encouraged at first submission, required at revision (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).

Routing map (stage → skill)

Idea / fit?                       → pubar-topic-selection
Where does it sit in the field?   → pubar-literature-positioning
What's the argument / mechanism?  → pubar-theory-building
Is the design defensible?         → pubar-research-design
Are the analyses sound?           → pubar-data-analysis
Are the exhibits clear?           → pubar-tables-figures
Does it speak to scholars+practice? → pubar-writing-style
Repro / TOP transparency package? → pubar-transparency-and-data
How will it be judged?            → pubar-review-process
Ready to submit?                  → pubar-submission
Got an R&R / decision?            → pubar-rebuttal

Default order

topic-selection → literature-positioning → theory-building → research-design → data-analysis → tables-figures → writing-style → transparency-and-data → review-process → submission → rebuttal

Iterate: most PAR papers loop theory ↔ design ↔ analysis several times, and the practitioner "so-what" should be drafted alongside the contribution, not bolted on at the end.

The PAR bridge check (run before routing)

Check	Pass condition	Route if weak
Scholarly contribution	A PA scholar outside the subfield (HRM, budgeting, governance) sees the advance.	pubar-topic-selection
Practitioner relevance	A public manager can name a decision the finding would inform (Evidence for Practice).	pubar-writing-style
Sibling fit	The paper is broad/practice-bridging, not a JPART-style pure-theory or JPAM-style policy-analysis piece.	pubar-topic-selection
Transparency	Data/code/qualitative materials have a TOP-compliant plan.	pubar-transparency-and-data

If the paper fails the practitioner-relevance check, do not route to writing-style for polish — it needs a contribution repair, because PAR reviewers expect every article to earn its Evidence for Practice points honestly rather than tack them on.

Anti-patterns

• Treating PAR like a pure-theory venue (that is JPART) or a policy-analysis venue (that is JPAM)
• A finding with no credible practitioner takeaway — Evidence for Practice cannot be fabricated
• Forcing a quantitative template onto case-comparison or mixed-methods work PAR values
• Deferring the TOP transparency materials until acceptance

Output format

【Stage】idea / positioning / theory / design / analysis / exhibits / writing / transparency / review / submit / rebut
【Article type】Scholarly Take / Conceptualizing PA / Early Career Intel / Practically Speaking
【Route to】pubar-<skill>
【Why】one line
【Then】the next skill after that

Supplementary resources

• ../../resources/external_tools.md — PA data + software by method
• ../../resources/official-source-map.md — official PAR URLs behind every fact in this pack