amj-workflow
GitHubAMJ论文投稿路由技能，根据当前稿件状态（如选题、理论、方法、数据等）推荐下一步应调用的具体amj-*子技能，辅助用户按流程完成从选题到回复审稿意见的全过程。
Trigger Scenarios
Install
npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill amj-workflow -g -y
SKILL.md
Frontmatter
{
"name": "amj-workflow",
"description": "Use when deciding which amj-* sub-skill to invoke next, or when sequencing manuscript work from topic selection through rebuttal for an Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) manuscript. Routes — it does not replace — the specialized skills."
}
Academy of Management Journal Workflow (amj-workflow)
Overview
This is the router. It does not replace any specialized skill; it tells you which amj- skill to use right now* for your AMJ manuscript.
Default assumption: unless the user says otherwise, treat the target as AMJ — the premier empirical management journal published by the Academy of Management (AOM), founded in 1958 and published bimonthly (Feb/Apr/Jun/Aug/Oct/Dec). AMJ's stated mission is "to publish empirical research that tests, extends, or builds management theory and contributes to management practice." It explicitly welcomes all empirical methods — qualitative, quantitative, field, laboratory, meta-analytic, and mixed — and judges every manuscript on three criteria: a strong empirical contribution, a meaningful theoretical contribution, and practical relevance. The non-negotiable bar: a strong empirical study that also makes a clear theoretical contribution. Reviewers and the action editor will ask "what new theory do we learn?" as insistently as "is the method sound?" Both must pass.
Editorial team changes: Gary A. Ballinger (University of Virginia, McIntire) is the incoming Editor-in-Chief whose team began receiving submissions on 1 July 2025; verify the current masthead at journals.aom.org/journal/amj. Impact factor and acceptance rate fluctuate (2023 JCR IF ≈ 9.5) — treat any figure as approximate and confirm on the official page.
When to trigger
- "What should I do next?" with a half-built AMJ manuscript
- You have a dataset and a result but no clear theoretical story
- A reviewer/editor pushes on "theoretical contribution" and you are unsure which stage is the real bottleneck
- You received an AMJ decision letter (R&R or reject-and-resubmit) and need to switch into response mode
- You keep bouncing between theory, method, and writing without a plan
Routing table
| Current symptom | Next skill |
|---|---|
| Idea is vague; not sure it is theory-driven or AMJ-fit | amj-topic-selection |
| Hypotheses are descriptive; no clear theoretical mechanism | amj-theory-development |
| Front end reads as gap-spotting; canonical theory not engaged | amj-literature-positioning |
| Design may not match the question (level, source, timing, causality) | amj-methods |
| Have data; unsure about measurement validity, CMB, endogeneity, models | amj-data-analysis |
| Results exist but the "so what for theory" is thin | amj-contribution-framing |
| Tables/figures cluttered, off house style, or not self-explanatory | amj-tables-figures |
| Prose is jargon-heavy, passive, or buries the argument | amj-writing-style |
| Ready to submit; need the ScholarOne preflight | amj-submission |
| Want to understand how AMJ review/decisions work before/after submit | amj-review-process |
| Received an R&R; need to plan and draft the response | amj-rebuttal |
Default order
amj-topic-selection— lock a theory-driven question with AMJ fitamj-theory-development— build the mechanism and derive hypotheses a prioriamj-literature-positioning— engage canonical theory; state the conversation you joinamj-methods— match design to the question (level, source, timing, causal logic)amj-data-analysis— measurement validity, CMB, endogeneity, the right estimatoramj-contribution-framing— turn results into an explicit theoretical contributionamj-tables-figures— finalize main exhibits in AOM house styleamj-writing-style— full-manuscript prose polish (Front-loaded argument, active voice)amj-submission— ScholarOne preflight (anonymization, format, files)amj-review-process— set expectations for the developmental, multi-round processamj-rebuttal— after an R&R, plan revisions then draft the response letter
amj-tables-figuresandamj-writing-styleare late-stage polish. Do not invoke them while the theoretical contribution or identification is still unsettled — you will polish an argument you may still have to rebuild.
Stage card
Fill this in before asking "what next?" — route to the first gate still marked no.
# AMJ manuscript stage card
manuscript: <working title>
gates:
theory_driven_question_locked: no # amj-topic-selection
mechanism_and_a_priori_hypotheses: no # amj-theory-development
conversation_engaged_not_gap_spotted: no # amj-literature-positioning
design_matches_question: no # amj-methods
measurement_cmb_endogeneity: no # amj-data-analysis
theoretical_contribution_explicit: no # amj-contribution-framing
exhibits_aom_house_style: no # amj-tables-figures
prose_front_loaded_active: no # amj-writing-style
scholarone_preflight_done: no # amj-submission
decision_letter_in_hand: no # yes -> amj-review-process, then amj-rebuttal
route_to: <first gate above still "no">
Decision shortcuts
- "I have a finding but no theory story" →
amj-topic-selectionthenamj-theory-development - "My intro says 'no one has studied X'" (gap-spotting) →
amj-literature-positioning - "Hypotheses are just 'A relates to B'" →
amj-theory-development - "Single-source, single-wave, self-report" →
amj-data-analysis(common-method bias) - "Archival design, treatment may be endogenous" →
amj-methodsthenamj-data-analysis - "Reviewer says contribution is incremental" →
amj-contribution-framing - "Submitting tomorrow" →
amj-submission - "Got an R&R with 3 reviewers" →
amj-review-processthenamj-rebuttal
Difference vs. AMR / ASQ / SMJ stacks
- AMJ: empirical contribution that also advances theory — data and theory weighted equally. AOM journal; 40-page main-body limit; ScholarOne at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/AMJ.
- AMR (theory-only): a sister AOM journal with no data — the contribution is a novel, internally consistent theory, typically ~25-30 double-spaced pages excluding references. Use an AMR stack.
- ASQ: Cornell/SAGE journal (not AOM); empirical or theoretical, prizes deep contextual/qualitative work and bold framing.
- SMJ: Strategic Management Society / Wiley journal (not AOM); strategy-focused, performance and competitive-advantage questions, often archival.
If your paper has no original data and is purely conceptual, AMJ is the wrong venue — target AMR.
Anti-patterns
- Do not skip
amj-theory-developmentand jump to analysis — AMJ rejects atheoretical "gap-spotting." - Do not let
amj-tables-figuresbeautify exhibits before the model and contribution are settled. - Do not let
amj-rebuttaldraft a response letter before you have actually revised the manuscript. - Do not treat
amj-writing-styleas a substitute for a real theoretical contribution — polish cannot rescue thin theory.
Version History
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