| Almost 25 years ago, then AOM President Don Hambrick bemoaned an overemphasis on theory, theory development, and theoretical contribution in the publication process within Management (See Hambrick, 1993). That emphasis continues today; in fact, it may be stronger now than ever. This workshop aims to help primarily Doctoral Students, but also Junior and Senior faculty, identify and/ or craft a theoretical contribution for a paper they currently have in process. The workshop will consider 5 unique types of theoretical contributions: using a new paradigm to explore existing theory to see what’s similar and different, focusing on a construct to be explained (i.e., dependent variable), identifying a new causal mechanism, examining the role of different explanatory constructs (e.g., independent variables), and setting their in a new context to test boundary conditions. This is a hand’s on, active workshop! Each participant will spend significant time working on a project they currently have in process. Workshop facilitators will provide a framework for analysis and offer feedback and guidance on the process of theory development. Participants will interact with the others in the workshop for further critique and feedback. Because of the interactive nature of this workshop, participation will be limited to 30 individuals, determined by pre- registration. |