Legitimacy

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serval:BIB_8740284FE9F4
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Legitimacy
Journal
Academy of Management Annals
Author(s)
Suddaby R., Bitektine A., Haack P.
ISSN
1941-6520
1941-6067
Publication state
Published
Issued date
01/2017
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
11
Number
1
Pages
451-478
Language
english
Abstract
Legitimacy has emerged as a pivotal but often confusing construct in management research. The popularity of the concept and its widespread application to so many theoretical and empirical contexts has layered the construct of legitimacy with considerable surplus meaning. The object of this paper is to bring clarity and theoretical discipline to an important but misunderstood construct. We demonstrate through a description of the historical evolution of the construct that legitimacy has evolved in three distinct ways; from a focus on the property elements of legitimacy, to a focus on the process of legitimacy construction and finally to a focus on the cognitive practices by which legitimacy is negotiated.
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