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Legitimacy Framing

Legitimacy Framing is a strategic discursive process by which organizational actors construct, present, and justify their actions, identities, or goals within institutional contexts through selective emphasis on culturally resonant values, norms, or beliefs to secure or maintain social acceptance.

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4.7K

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63

Authors

55

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Intra-industry environmental disclosures in response to the Alaskan oil spill: A note on legitimacy theory

Dennis M. Patten · Accounting Organizations and Society · 1992 · 1.5K 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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Greenwashing Revisited: In Search of a Typology and Accusation‐Based Definition Incorporating Legitimacy Strategies

Peter Seele, Lucia Gatti · Business Strategy and the Environment · 2015 · 654 citations

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Corporate contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals: An empirical analysis informed by legitimacy theory

Samanthi Silva · Journal of Cleaner Production · 2021 · 301 citations

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Legitimacy in public administration: a discourse analysis

Choice Reviews Online · 1998 · 276 citations

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Authors

63

  1. MB
    Maria Bondes

    German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Germany

    2 publications · 43 citations

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  2. SH
    Sandra Heep

    German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Germany

    2 publications · 43 citations

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  3. GS
    Gabriel Siles‐Brügge

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 44 citations

    1

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  4. CF
    Craig Fulk

    Texas A&M University, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

    1

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  5. KA
    Kathryn A. LaTour

    Cornell University, United States

    1 publications · 175 citations

    1

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Institutions

55

  1. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    202 citations

  2. German Institute for Global and Area Studies

    Hamburg, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    43 citations

  3. Middlesex University

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    58 citations

  4. University of Louisville

    Louisville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  5. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    40 citations

  6. Leuphana University of Lüneburg

    Lüneburg, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    301 citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    175 citations

  8. University of Freiburg

    Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 31 citations

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  2. Negotiation Journal

    1 publications · 45 citations

    1

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  3. Business Strategy and the Environment

    BSE · 1 publications · 654 citations

    1

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  4. Academy of Management Review

    AMR · 1 publications · 60 citations

    1

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  5. Long Range Planning

    1 publications · 32 citations

    1

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