Measuring organizational legitimacy has become a challenge for researchers because they face a mul-tilevel construct, where diverse terminologies, approaches, and evaluators converge. As a consequence,researchers have developed different conceptual proposals that have, in turn, given rise to...

Although the field of organizational legitimacy is undergoing great advances, academics are still facing the challenge of its measurement. Currently, academics are focusing on improving and homogenizing legitimacy measurement systems at the micro level. However, measuring legitimacy at the macro...