renders legitimacy in organizations problematic. The paper explores the relation between power and legitimacy by showing how …. Empirically, such forms of legitimacy thwarted a police organization's attempt to reform. Theoretically, an understanding of … organizational change is connected to the relationship between power and legitimacy. The paper provides insights into how power …

relationship. The paper argues that the consultants’ objectivity and independence help generate moral legitimacy in the client … because of specific power and competitive challenges that client managers face in decision making roles. By making use of the … identifies that moral legitimacy happens because of specific outputs that clients want to accomplish in the organisation as well …