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amr-topic-selection
Use when the theoretical puzzle is the bottleneck for an Academy of Management Review (AMR) manuscript — deciding whether an idea is theory-worthy and AMR-fit before any theorizing begins. Frames the puzzle; it does NOT build constructs (that is amr-theory-development) or design any empirical study (AMR has none).
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# Topic Selection: Is There a Theoretical Puzzle? (amr-topic-selection)
## When to trigger
- You have an interesting phenomenon, trend, or anomaly but no theory yet
- You are unsure whether the idea is "big enough" for AMR
- The idea feels like a study you'd *run* rather than a theory you'd *build*
- You can describe what happens but not *why existing theory fails to explain it*
## The AMR fit test
AMR wants a **theoretical puzzle**, not a topic. A topic is "leadership and remote work."
A puzzle is "existing leadership theory predicts X, yet under condition C we should see
not-X — and no current theory resolves the contradiction." Run every idea through: