legitimacy. This longitudinal case study is built around two events representing a threat to the legitimacy of the pharmaceutical … industry. This study describes some subtle techniques employed to restore legitimacy during those difficult periods. Design … paper suggests that some narrative sections are built to protect legitimacy on two fronts. Most of the time, the discourse …

legitimacy for the new creation. Legitimacy in this sense relates to stakeholder acceptance of new ideas and offerings. Practical …

of social enterprises. Findings – A conceptual model outlines how a violation of the legitimacy of a single social … implications – To regain legitimacy, social entrepreneurs of a focal social enterprise need to upgrade their skills, rationalize …

economies acquire legitimacy to attract the support of their constituents and stakeholders. Design … legitimacy to garner more societal support. In particular, they can draw on their partnership ties to locate, and recruit … legitimacy to attract the necessary support, relationships, and investments they require to function and grow.  …

reforms: legitimacy, resources, identity, oligarchic tendency, leadership and producer mobilization. Findings This study finds … that Fairtrade’s inclusion/exclusion of producers reflected its desire to increase its moral legitimacy among external … actors and understanding of how to signal legitimacy. The discussion proposes that VSSSOs, especially in times of heightened …

data, framed under the theoretical framework of organizational legitimacy, strategy and homogeneity. Findings Three major … themes are identified that illuminate the inherent tension between the ambiguous nature of legitimacy and the structured …/value This study offers unique insights into the political nature of accreditation and its ties to legitimacy for professional …

, moral and cognitive legitimacy types (Suchman, 1995) after a scandal involving sustainability, namely, the Volkswagen’s 2015 … diesel scandal. Design/methodology/approach By drawing on the discursive nature of legitimacy, this study conducts a critical … discourses. It then relates discourses and their features to legitimation strategies that help repair diverse types of legitimacy …

participating in the ISO project. Findings HR professionals consider HRM standards positive for the profession’s legitimacy, status …