Editor's Comments: The Craft of Writing Theory Articles—Variety and Similarity in AMR
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There is no single best way to structure a conceptual paper.
“While there is no single best way to structure a conceptual paper, what successful papers have in common is a careful matching of form and structure to theoretical purpose of the paper (Fulmer 2012).”
From Designing conceptual articles: four approaches (2020) · cites this paper as Fulmer 2012
Successful conceptual papers have in common a careful matching of form and structure to the theoretical purpose of the paper.
“what successful papers have in common is a careful matching of form and structure to theoretical purpose of the paper (Fulmer 2012).”
From Designing conceptual articles: four approaches (2020) · cites this paper as Fulmer 2012
A model paper identifies previously unexplored connections between constructs, introduces new constructs, or explains why elements of a process lead to a particular outcome.
“A model paper identifies previously unexplored connections between constructs, introduces new constructs, or explains why elements of a process lead to a particular outcome (Cornelissen 2017;Fulmer 2012).”
From Designing conceptual articles: four approaches (2020) · cites this paper as Fulmer 2012
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References 26 · Cited by 77
- Authors
- Smithey Fulmer, I.
- Venue
- Academy of Management Review
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 2012-07
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 327-331
- ISSN
- 0363-7425 (ISSN-L)
- 1930-3807
- OpenAlex
- W2322485278
- Cited by
- 77
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 7 · 2012: 1
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Academy of Management Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Academic Writing and Publishing
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Business Strategies and Management Research
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Publishing and Scholarly Communication
- Keywords
- academic writing, management research, theory development
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