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Internal Legitimacy

Internal Legitimacy is a form of organizational legitimacy derived from the alignment between an organization's internal structures, values, and practices and the normative expectations of its institutional environment, distinguishing it from external legitimacy by emphasizing coherence with internal organizational identity and governance rather than societal or stakeholder validation.

155

Publications

15.4K

Citations

276

Authors

198

Institutions

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2017–2026

47

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Publications

155

Organizational Legitimacy Under Conditions of Complexity: The Case of the Multinational Enterprise

Tatiana Kostova, Srilata Zaheer · Academy of Management Review · 1999 · 2.4K citations

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Organizational Legitimacy under Conditions of Complexity: The Case of the Multinational Enterprise

Tatiana Kostova, Srilata Zaheer · Academy of Management Review · 1999 · 1.5K citations

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Toward a Theory of Social Judgments of Organizations: The Case of Legitimacy, Reputation, and Status

Alex Bitektine · Academy of Management Review · 2011 · 1.3K citations

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Managing Organizational Legitimacy in the California Cattle Industry: The Construction and Effectiveness of Verbal Accounts

Kimberly D. Elsbach · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1994 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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A Process Model of Internal and External Legitimacy

Israel Drori, Benson Honig · Organization Studies · 2013 · 366 citations

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Authors

276

  1. JΟ
    John Ο’Loughlin

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    3 publications · 287 citations

    3

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  2. GT
    Gerard Toal

    Virginia Tech, United States

    3 publications · 287 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. SV
    Sarah von Billerbeck

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 138 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. RW
    Robin W. Roberts

    University of Central Florida, United States

    2 publications · 394 citations

    2

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  5. BS
    Bjørn Stensaker

    University of Oslo, Norway

    2 publications · 104 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

198

  1. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    175 citations

  2. Yonsei University

    Seoul, South Korea

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    158 citations

  3. University of Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    266 citations

  4. Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    287 citations

  5. Universidad de Burgos

    Burgos, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    392 citations

  6. Mid Sweden University

    Sundsvall, Sweden

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    96 citations

  7. McMaster University

    Hamilton, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    444 citations

  8. University of Bath

    Bath, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    285 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Business Ethics

    5 publications · 898 citations

    5

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  2. Academy of Management Review

    AMR · 4 publications · 5.4K citations

    4

    h-index

  3. 3

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  4. European Sport Management Quarterly

    ESMQ · 3 publications · 135 citations

    3

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  5. Research Policy

    2 publications · 342 citations

    2

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