# Editor’s Comments: Developing Propositions, a Process Model, or a Typology? Addressing the Challenges of Writing Theory Without a Boilerplate

“Editor’s Comments: Developing Propositions, a Process Model, or a Typology? Addressing the Challenges of Writing Theory Without a Boilerplate” (2016), by Joep Cornelissen. Arts and Humanities research paper. Original abstract below, unchanged. No free PDF was found.

- Authors: Joep Cornelissen
- Published: July 14, 2016
- Field: Arts and Humanities
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2016.0196
- Source: https://pure.eur.nl/en/publications/1d7b8801-cb35-4b7b-ab1f-72692d5f0a18

## Abstract

Writing theory papers is challenging and asks a lot of us as authors. Complex and big ideas may be hard to present in a focused and persuasive line of argument. Clearly defining constructs is not a straightforward task either, nor is knowing where to draw the line and set scope constraints or boundary conditions for your arguments (Whetten, 1989). And then where do you start: with the formulation of your own arguments, or with carving out the space for them within the existing literature? These and other well-known writing challenges make writing theory papers a real craft (Fulmer, 2012; Rindova, 2008; Suddaby, 2014).

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