Narrative & Evidence: Situating Research in Prior Literature to Establish a Coherent Contribution

In this professional development workshop (PDW), we address narrative construction and evidence presentation in management research, focusing on situating theoretical and empirical contributions within prior literature. In the Improving Evidence Presentation PDW in 2019 AOM Annual Meeting, editors of Administrative Science Quarterly encouraged using pre-estimation data visualizations for transparency, and authors of exemplar ASQ papers demonstrated good evidence presentation using different methods. This year’s PDW focuses on comparability, and specifically on developing theoretically-informed, empirical narratives that explicitly connect the focal study to prior research, facilitating knowledge accumulation. Editors of Administrative Science Quarterly will discuss their views on how authors can construct narratives that distinguish both theoretical argument and empirical evidence from prior work. Multiple ASQ authors will discuss how they constructed the narratives for their papers, blending theory and evidence to establish a compelling contribution. Audience members will be able to ask questions of authors and editors.     «

In this professional development workshop (PDW), we address narrative construction and evidence presentation in management research, focusing on situating theoretical and empirical contributions within prior literature. In the Improving Evidence Presentation PDW in 2019 AOM Annual Meeting, editors of Administrative Science Quarterly encouraged using pre-estimation data visualizations for transparency, and authors of exemplar ASQ papers demonstrated good evidence presentation using different meth...     »