quality of execution” could be
reliably coded, it would explain more variance in
article citations than our theory-building and theory-
testing categorizations. Our taxonomy also neglects
the quality of authors’ explication. Sutton
and Staw (1995) argued that authors should describe
exactly why a theory predicts what it does so
readers do not need to consult other sources on the
theory. Some authors clearly have a talent for writing
that elevates the contributions of their articles