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ASQ Manuscript Skeleton

A structural template for an Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ) article. ASQ publishes both qualitative/inductive and quantitative work; two parallel skeletons are given. Adapt to the live Manuscript Submission Guidelines (verify limits and formatting on the official page). Theory is foregrounded throughout; the paper should read as a compelling intellectual story.

Title page (SEPARATE file — not in the anonymized main document)

Title Author name(s), affiliation(s), contact Acknowledgments, funding, prior-version notes Corresponding author

Abstract

  • One paragraph within the journal's stated limit
  • Shape: puzzle → setting → core insight (surprise) → contribution
  • Keywords

Skeleton A — Qualitative / inductive paper

1. Introduction

  • Open with the puzzle/anomaly (make the reader curious and slightly uncomfortable)
  • Why existing organization theory cannot explain it
  • The conversation you join + your contribution claim (one sharp paragraph)
  • Brief preview of setting, approach, and the surprising insight

2. Theoretical background

  • The conversation, steelmanned
  • The tension/opening your study addresses
  • Sensitizing concepts (without over-determining the inductive analysis)

3. Methods

  • Research setting and why it is theoretically apt
  • Theoretical sampling logic (cases/sites/informants)
  • Data sources: interviews (count, roles, timing), observation, archival/documents
  • Data analysis: coding process (first-order → second-order → aggregate dimensions), who coded, iteration, negative-case analysis
  • Trustworthiness: credibility, transferability, dependability, confirmability; reflexivity

4. Findings

  • Organized by the emergent theoretical structure (not chronology of fieldwork)
  • Power quotes in the body; proof quotes in the data-to-theory table
  • Build toward the process/theory model

5. Discussion

  • Lead with the theoretical contribution (reframing / mechanism / boundary / new model)
  • The process model figure and its logic
  • Boundary conditions and limitations
  • Generativity: the new questions opened
  • Brief, genuine practical implications (optional)

Exhibits

  • Figure: data structure (first-order → second-order → dimensions)
  • Figure: process/theory model
  • Table: data-to-theory / representative evidence (proof quotes)
  • Table: case/site comparison (if multiple cases)

Skeleton B — Quantitative paper

1. Introduction

  • Puzzle/anomaly and why prior theory predicts otherwise
  • Conversation joined + contribution claim (one sharp paragraph)

2. Theory and hypotheses

  • Core mechanism (actors + structure + causal logic)
  • Each hypothesis with its own derivation paragraph tied to the mechanism
  • Theoretically motivated moderators/mediators (no fishing)

3. Methods

  • Sample, unit of analysis, time frame, and why they fit the theory
  • Measures: operationalization, validity, reliability; common-method remedies if same-source
  • Model and identification strategy (panel FE, event-history, multilevel, IV/natural experiment)
  • Multilevel structure justified if cross-level

4. Results

  • Descriptives and correlations
  • Main models built cumulatively (baseline → controls → focal → interactions)
  • Interaction plots; effect magnitudes interpreted in organizational terms
  • Mechanism evidence; robustness targeting the theory's threats

5. Discussion

  • Lead with the contribution, not a findings recap
  • Boundary conditions, limits, alternative explanations addressed
  • Generativity: new questions and directions

Exhibits

  • Table: descriptives + correlations
  • Table: main regression models (cumulative)
  • Figure: interaction/marginal-effects plots
  • Appendix/online supplement: robustness, additional measures

References

  • ASQ/SAGE author–date style; full reference list
  • Recent + canonical organization-theory works both engaged

Online supplement / appendix (as needed)

  • Qualitative: interview guide, extended quotes, coding detail
  • Quantitative: robustness tables, alternative specifications, variable construction