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joap-theory-and-hypotheses
Use when building the theoretical model and hypotheses for a Journal of Applied Psychology (JAP) manuscript. JAP demands a genuine I-O theoretical contribution with an explicit mechanism, directional hypotheses, and a clear confirmatory/exploratory split — theory stated before the data, not after. Structures the argument; it does not run analyses.
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# Theory & Hypotheses (joap-theory-and-hypotheses)
JAP is theory-first. A paper lives or dies on whether it makes a **theoretical contribution to I-O
science** — a new **mechanism**, **boundary condition**, **integration of frameworks**, or **construct
clarification** — and whether the **hypotheses follow from that theory**. The cardinal honesty rule:
**state theory and confirmatory hypotheses before the data**, and label anything generated after seeing
data as exploratory.
## When to trigger
- Building the theoretical model and deriving hypotheses
- Writing a preregistration / pre-analysis plan
- Reconciling what you predicted with what you found
- A reviewer flagged the work as "atheoretical," "post hoc," "HARKed," or "no contribution"