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Use when drafting the mandatory <500-word contribution statement and the discussion section for an Organization Science manuscript — articulating the overall contribution to organization research from any of the journal's accepted sources, not novelty for its own sake. This is the single most decisive skill for desk-survival at this venue.

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# Contribution Framing & the Contribution Statement (orgsci-contribution-framing)

## When to trigger

- You are preparing to submit and need the mandatory contribution statement
- A senior editor said "interesting, but the contribution is not clear"
- Your discussion restates results without saying what organization research learns
- You are defaulting to a "novelty" pitch and need a stronger frame

## The mandatory contribution statement (required since June 1, 2023)

Organization Science requires a **contribution statement of under 500 words in the cover letter**, read by the **Editor-in-Chief and Senior Editor during desk review alongside the abstract** but **not** seen by reviewers. Submissions without it are returned for revision before editorial review, so treat it as a gating document. In under 500 words it must articulate, plainly, the **novel contribution to organization research**: what we did not understand about organizations before this paper, and now do.

## Frame around overall contribution, not novelty
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