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Use when positioning an Organization Science manuscript in the literature — identifying the organization-theory conversation it joins, problematizing rather than gap-spotting, and integrating across the disciplines (organization theory, strategy, sociology, economics, psychology) the journal draws on.

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# Literature Positioning (orgsci-literature-positioning)

## When to trigger

- Your introduction reads as "no one has studied X" (gap-spotting)
- You cannot name the specific conversation your paper joins
- Reviewers cite literatures you did not engage, or say "this is not positioned"
- Your micro paper ignores the macro literature on the same construct (or vice versa)

## Join a conversation, do not spot a gap

Organization Science is **interdisciplinary** — it draws on organization theory, strategy, sociology, economics, and psychology — so positioning is not citing everything; it is locating one conversation and advancing it. Replace gap-spotting with **problematization**: surface and challenge an assumption the existing literature takes for granted, then show how your study revises it. Because the editorial standard is **overall contribution** ("theoretical novelty is neither necessary nor sufficient"), positioning should make clear which contribution source you are claiming — new theory, new data, methodological insight, a new setting that tests generalizability, a sharper mechanism, or relevance to a social problem or grand challenge.

## Position across levels and disciplines
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