Agent skill

Hrm Theory Development

by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills

A skill your agent uses when the theoretical argument and hypotheses are the bottleneck for a Human Resource Management (Wiley "HRM") manuscript — building an HRM/OB mechanism (AMO, HR-system…

MITAuto-check passedBusiness, Finance & HR

Install Hrm Theory Development

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill hrm-theory-development -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills hrm-theory-development --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Human-Resource-Management-Skills/skills/hrm-theory-development .claude/skills/hrm-theory-development && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
hrm-theory-development
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
615 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when the theoretical argument and hypotheses are the bottleneck for a Human Resource Management (Wiley "HRM") manuscript — building an HRM/OB mechanism (AMO, HR-system…

  • HR-system strength
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, The HRM theory bar, The HRM theory toolkit (use… and Multilevel and "black box"…, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Social exchange) and deriving testable predictions a priori

What it does

Hrm Theory Development is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when the theoretical argument and hypotheses are the bottleneck for a Human Resource Management (Wiley "HRM") manuscript — building an HRM/OB mechanism (AMO, HR-system strength, signaling, social exchange) and deriving testable predictions a priori. Builds the theory; it does not run the analysis (hrm-data-analysis).

Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Business, Finance & HR, covering Recruiting and HR and Data analysis. The repository describes itself as: Journal-specific Claude Code/Codex skill packs covering mainstream journals — AER, QJE, Nature, Cell, 管理世界, 经济研究 & 200+ more — your fast track to getting published. | 覆盖主流期刊的… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • HR-system strength
  • Social exchange) and deriving testable predictions a priori

Example prompts

  • “/hrm-theory-development”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 932eb23. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Hrm Theory Development loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 86 tokens; SKILL.md has 615 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~86
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 615 words, ~1,421 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/hrm-theory-development/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
hrm-theory-development
description
Use when the theoretical argument and hypotheses are the bottleneck for a Human Resource Management (Wiley "HRM") manuscript — building an HRM/OB mechanism (AMO, HR-system strength, signaling, social exchange) and deriving testable predictions a priori. Builds the theory; it does not run the analysis (hrm-data-analysis).

Theory Development (hrm-theory-development)

When to trigger

  • Hypotheses read as bald predictions ("HPWS is positively related to performance") with no mechanism
  • You have results and are tempted to write hypotheses around them (HARKing risk)
  • The argument leans on one borrowed citation rather than a developed HRM logic
  • A mediator (the "black box" between HR practices and outcomes) is in the data but not theorized
  • A reviewer says "the theory is thin," "why would this practice produce this outcome?", or "the mechanism is a label, not an argument"

The HRM theory bar

HRM publishes work that explains how HR practices and systems shape attitudes, behavior, and performance — and under what conditions. The contribution must be theoretical, empirical, and/or methodological, but even an empirically driven paper needs an articulated mechanism written before the results are known. Crucially, the theory should sit close enough to HR design that a practice implication falls out of it; pure psychological process with no HR-system anchor drifts toward PPsych/JAP.

For qualitative / theory-building work, HRM does not expect a priori hypotheses; it expects a grounded model with emergent propositions and the same demand for a transparent mechanism. For critical reviews and meta-analyses, the "theory" is the organizing framework that turns scattered findings into a cumulative HRM claim.

The HRM theory toolkit (use the right lens)

Mechanism familyWhat it explainsProcess verb
AMO (ability–motivation–opportunity)how a bundle of HR practices raises performance via three pathwaysenables / motivates / affords
HR-system strength (Bowen & Ostroff)how distinctive, consistent, consensual HR signals create a shared climatesignals / aligns
Social exchange / POSwhy employees reciprocate investment with effort, commitment, citizenshipreciprocates / obligates
Signalinghow HR practices communicate intent to employees and applicantssignals / screens
Ability/sorting & human capitalhow practices change the stock or flow of skillsselects / develops
AMO + climate cross-levelhow unit HR systems shape individual outcomes through climatecascades / shapes

For each hypothesis, write the explicit chain: antecedent (HR practice/system) → mechanism (named theory + process) → outcome (defined construct, stated level) → form/direction → boundary (moderator and why the slope changes). Keep the theory at the level where the mechanism operates and flag cross-level mediation as such.

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Multilevel and "black box" discipline

  • HRM's core debate is the HR–performance black box: do not assert a link without theorizing the intervening climate, attitudes, or capabilities, and do not infer the mechanism from a significant indirect effect alone.
  • Beware construct drift: "HPWS," "high-commitment," "high-involvement," and "HR system" are not interchangeable — define yours and stay consistent.
  • For multi-level theory, distinguish the intended HR system (espoused policy), the implemented system (what managers enact), and the perceived system (what employees experience); a great deal of HRM contribution lives in that gap.

Checklist

  • Every hypothesis has an explicit mechanism (named HRM/OB theory + process verb), not just a predicted sign
  • The HR practice/system construct is defined and not conflated with adjacent labels
  • Level of analysis is stated and consistent across argument and design; cross-level paths flagged
  • Mediators (the black box) and moderators are theorized a priori with substantive reasons
  • Hypotheses were fixed before analysis (no HARKing)
  • A theoretical-model figure maps one-to-one to the hypotheses
  • The mechanism is close enough to HR design that a practice implication is visible
  • At least one rival explanation (e.g., reverse causality, selection) is named

Anti-patterns

  • Label-as-theory: invoking "social exchange" or "AMO" by name without using its actual logic
  • Bald predictions: "practice X relates to outcome Y" with no why
  • Black-box skipping: an HR→performance arrow with no theorized intervening process
  • HARKing: every hypothesis supported and none surprising
  • Construct conflation: HPWS / high-commitment / HR strength used as synonyms
  • Level confusion: theorizing a unit-level climate effect but arguing it in individual-psychology terms
  • Practice-blind theory: an elegant mechanism with no implication any HR function could act on

Output format

text
【Focal mechanism】AMO / HR-system strength / social exchange / signaling / human capital (process verb: ...)
【HR construct】practice / bundle / system — defined; level stated
【H1 (focal effect)】HR antecedent → mechanism → outcome; direction/form; level
【H2 (black box / mediation)】intervening climate/attitude/capability
【H3+ (boundary)】moderator + reason the slope changes
【Rival explanation addressed】reverse causality / selection / ...
【HARKing check】hypotheses fixed before analysis? yes/no
【Practice hook】what the theory implies for HR practice
【Next skill】hrm-literature-positioning, then hrm-methods

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Files

Just SKILL.md in Human-Resource-Management-Skills/skills/hrm-theory-development of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Hrm Theory Development

What does Hrm Theory Development do?

A skill your agent uses when the theoretical argument and hypotheses are the bottleneck for a Human Resource Management (Wiley "HRM") manuscript — building an HRM/OB mechanism (AMO, HR-system…. Hrm Theory Development is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when the theoretical argument and hypotheses are the bottleneck for a Human Resource Management (Wiley "HRM") manuscript — building an HRM/OB mechanism (AMO, HR-system strength, signaling, social exchange) and deriving testable predictions a priori.

When should I use Hrm Theory Development?

Hrm Theory Development fits situations like: HR-system strength; social exchange) and deriving testable predictions a priori.

How do I install Hrm Theory Development in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill hrm-theory-development -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Human-Resource-Management-Skills/skills/hrm-theory-development in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/hrm-theory-development in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Hrm Theory Development in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill hrm-theory-development -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Human-Resource-Management-Skills/skills/hrm-theory-development in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/hrm-theory-development in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Hrm Theory Development in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill hrm-theory-development -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/hrm-theory-development, .gemini/skills/hrm-theory-development, .github/skills/hrm-theory-development and .opencode/skills/hrm-theory-development in your project.

What does Hrm Theory Development need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Hrm Theory Development is instructions for the agent only.

Does Hrm Theory Development access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Hrm Theory Development safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Hrm Theory Development use?

Hrm Theory Development is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Hrm Theory Development use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Hrm Theory Development?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,231 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.

Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.