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As influential as Michel Foucault may be in organization theory, several critics have seriously questioned the epistemological foundations of the Foucauldian philosophical project (Ackroyd and Thompson, 1995, 1999; Caldwell, 2007; Habermas, 1990; Newton, 1994, 1998; Reed, 2000; Thompson, 1993). If these remain...
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. Our study leads to two series of preliminary results: the first one refers to the dynamics of power within companies …
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This article offers a synthesis of previous research related to rhetoric and persuasion in accounting standard-setting in order to offer an understanding of why rhetoric is necessary to the process and how it operates. In the first place, the rhetorical dimension of accounting standard-setting...
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companies to disclose environmental information, by associating the theories of the legitimacy and the stakeholders. I notice …
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In this paper we analyze how legitimacy allows us to develop differentiated relationships in business networks. Our … central argument is that the building of legitimacy in business networks through certification needs the development of what … develops the argument through a critical review of literature. We use the organizational legitimacy (Elsbach, 1994) and …
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This article offers a survey related to rhetoric and persuasion in accounting standard-setting. In the first place, the rhetorical dimension of accounting standard-setting is discussed by showing how persuasion is inherent in the process. Secondly, the devices used by the standard-setter in...
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Organizational spaces project claims of organizational legitimacy while also constituting physical environments where … work happens. This research questions how organizational space and legitimacy are mutually constituted over time as … Organization headquarters, we theorize the dynamic intersection of organizational space and legitimacy over time. The case study …
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We use the neo-institutional and legitimacy theoretical perspective in order to analyze the “business case” i.e. the … stakeholder's pressure enact partial conformity strategies in order to enhance or gain legitimacy in a volontary exercise and in …
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