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Common types of Theoretical Contributions:

a) Identifying factors that moderate or mediate key relationships;

发现了一个调节或调解变数能影响一个理论/Model 中的主要关系

b) Developing the logic that reconciles predictions from competing theories;

发现了一个可以协调和预测两个相互对立的理论的逻辑关系

c) Applying a theory to explain a complex relationship;

应用理论来解释复杂的关系;

d) Extending a theory to explain a phenomenon where it has not previously been applied;

Or a new Phenomenon

扩展一个理论来解释以前没有应用过的现象; 或一个新的现象

e) Explaining a theorys boundary conditions;

解释理论的边界条件;

f) Developing logic to explain a phenomena that is not consistent (or seems inconsistent) with a theory;

开发逻辑来解释与理论不持续（或似乎不是持续的）的现象;

g) Introducing a new construct and explaining how it relates to important constructs.

介绍一个新的结构并解释它如何与重要的结构相关。

Other Useful Website：

1）How to demonstrate Significant Contribution & Original Study in your PhD Thesis

2）marriottschool.net/emp/

3）How can you tell when there has been a contribution to knowledge (in a doctoral research study)?

4）How can you tell when there has been a contribution to knowledge (in a doctoral research study)?


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