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nbr-hypothesis-development

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Use to develop hypotheses for 《南开管理评论》 (Nankai Business Review) so each is backed by an explicit theoretical mechanism, not intuition. Use when hypotheses read as "we expect a positive relationship", when mediation/moderation logic is asserted without a mechanism, or when the hypothesis set is not derived from the theory invoked in the introduction.

When to use

• Developing hypotheses with explicit theoretical mechanisms
• Refining mediation and moderation logic
• Aligning hypothesis sets with introduction theory
• Naming theoretical mechanisms for main effects
• Deriving two-segment mechanisms for mediation
• Explaining how moderators change mechanism strength or direction
• Checking consistency between hypothesis direction and mechanism

When not to use

• Hypotheses based on intuition or common sense
• Hypotheses stated as simple positive or negative correlations without mechanism
• Mediation or moderation logic asserted without theoretical logic
• Hypothesis sets not derived from the theory invoked in the introduction

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