Tables & Figures (amj-tables-figures)

When to trigger

• Result tables are cluttered, hard to read, or not self-explanatory
• The correlation/descriptives table is missing reliabilities or has inconsistent decimals
• Interaction effects are reported only in text, not plotted
• The theoretical model has no figure, or the figure does not match the hypotheses
• Tables/figures are off AOM house style (verify the current AMJ Style Guide for Authors)

The exhibits an AMJ paper expects

1. Means, SDs, and correlations table — typically Table 1; reliabilities on the diagonal in parentheses; note significance.
2. Main results table(s) — regression/SEM/HLM, organized by nested models (controls → main effects → interactions), with standardized or unstandardized coefficients consistently labeled.
3. Theoretical model figure — boxes and arrows mapping one-to-one to the hypotheses (H1, H2, …).
4. Interaction/simple-slopes plots — one figure per significant interaction, with high/low moderator lines and axis labels in construct terms.
5. Mediation/path figure where SEM is used — coefficients on paths, fit indices noted.

House-style discipline (verify against the current AOM Style Guide)