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jom-theory-development

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Use when building the theoretical argument and hypotheses for a Journal of Operations Management (JOM) empirical study — deriving operations/behavioral mechanisms a priori, borrowing and adapting reference theory to an OM phenomenon, and specifying mediation/moderation so they are testable against observed operations data.

When to use

• building theoretical argument for JOM empirical study
• deriving operations/behavioral mechanisms a priori
• borrowing and adapting reference theory to an OM phenomenon
• specifying mediation/moderation for testability against operations data
• addressing reviewer feedback on correlation vs mechanism
• matching mechanism engine to evidence type

When not to use

• purely analytical/optimization work
• deriving theory as an optimization proof
• post-hoc hypothesizing (HARKing)
• importing theory verbatim with no OM-specific adaptation

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