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jms-writing-style

Use when prose and structure are the bottleneck for a Journal of Management Studies (JMS) manuscript — landing the abstract and intro, sustaining a theory-forward narrative, and meeting house conventions (Harvard refs, UK/US English, 200-word abstract). Polishes the writing; it does not invent the contribution (jms-contribution-framing) or run the analysis.

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# Writing Style (jms-writing-style)

## When to trigger

- The introduction takes three pages to reach the point
- The abstract describes activity ("we examine…") instead of stating the contribution
- The prose is jargon-dense, hedged, or reads like a methods report rather than an argument
- A reviewer says "I had to dig for the contribution" or "the writing obscures the idea"
- House conventions (Harvard referencing, abstract length, UK/US English consistency) are unmet

## The JMS voice

JMS prose is **theory-forward and argumentative** — every section advances the contribution, and the reader is told *why this matters* early and often. It is scholarly but not opaque: the journal's international readership rewards clarity over field-insider shorthand. Write the paper around the claim, not around the chronology of what you did. Do this section by section.