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Use when sharpening the theoretical contribution and the "so what" for an Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ) manuscript once results exist. Frames the contribution; it does not develop the underlying theory or run analysis.

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# Contribution Framing (asq-contribution-framing)

## When to trigger

- Results exist but you cannot state the contribution in one crisp sentence
- The intro/discussion reads as "we found X" rather than "we change how the field thinks"
- A reviewer says "interesting findings, but what's the theoretical contribution?"
- The paper risks reading as a method demonstration rather than a theory advance

## The ASQ standard: a theoretical contribution, not a finding

At ASQ the deliverable is a *change in how organization theorists understand something*. A finding answers a question; a contribution **reframes the question** or overturns a prior. Frame around the surprise identified in `asq-topic-selection` and the mechanism from `asq-theory-development`. The ASQ archetype is a paper that gives the field a new lens it cannot un-see — the garbage-can model of organizational choice (Cohen, March & Olsen 1972, ASQ) or Barley's (1986, ASQ) reconception of technology as an occasion for structuring. Note what is *not* the ASQ deliverable: an improvement in firm performance (the SMJ register) or a well-powered confirmation of a moderated hypothesis (a common AMJ profile) is not, by itself, a theoretical contribution here.

## Types of contribution (name yours)
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