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jms-contribution-framing

Use when the "so what for management theory and practice" is the bottleneck for a Journal of Management Studies (JMS) manuscript — sharpening the one-sentence contribution and the implications. Crystallises the claim; it does not build the theory (jms-theory-development) or position against the literature (jms-literature-positioning).

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# Contribution Framing (jms-contribution-framing)

## When to trigger

- A reviewer or coauthor asks "what exactly does this contribute to theory?"
- The discussion section restates results instead of stating what changed in the conversation
- The paper has findings but no crisp one-sentence claim
- Practical implications are an afterthought ("managers should be aware…") rather than earned
- The contribution is over-claimed (grand) or under-claimed (buried, hedged)

## The JMS contribution bar

A JMS paper must articulate a **theoretical contribution** that engages an organizational phenomenon and says what it changes — its house phrasing is the "**so what for management theory and practice**." Two things are non-negotiable: the contribution is to a *theory/conversation* (not just "we found an effect"), and it is *commensurate* with the evidence (neither inflated nor hidden). Because JMS is pluralist, the contribution can be a refined construct, a process model, a boundary condition, a reconciliation, or a challenge to orthodoxy — but it must be nameable in one sentence.