amann-topic-selection

1# Topic Selection for an Annals Review (amann-topic-selection)
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3## When to trigger
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5- You have a candidate literature and need to know whether it is "Annals-shaped"
6- A topic feels either too narrow (a single-construct review) or too sprawling (a whole discipline)
7- You are deciding between Annals and a sibling outlet — AMR, AMJ, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, or an Annual Review
8- The domain is young/fast-moving and you suspect it is not yet mature enough to review for Annals
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10## The five Annals-fit tests
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12A literature belongs in Annals when it passes all five. Fail one and route accordingly.
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141. **Maturity.** There is a *body* of research — multiple research streams, accumulated findings, recognizable debates — not a handful of recent studies. A domain still being born produces a *premature* review that dates within a year. (Fails → too young; wait, or place a focused piece elsewhere.)
152. **Importance / breadth of interest.** The questions matter to management and organization scholars broadly, and to allied audiences (organizational psychology, sociology of organizations), not only to a dozen specialists. Annals reaches across the field. (Fails → too niche; a field journal's review section fits better.)
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