🔗What Constitutes a Theoretical Contribution? | Academy of Management Review (1989)

🔗Building Theory about Theory Building: What Constitutes a Theoretical Contribution | Academy of Management Review (2011)

🔗Theory Building From Cases: Opportunities And Challenges | Academy of Management Journal (2007)

Contribution 1: Challenge an existing theory. 

Contribution 2: Challenge an existing theory by developing a new theory. 

Contribution 3: Synthesize divergent literature into a fresh theory. 

Contribution 4: Specify boundary conditions of an existing theory. 

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