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Status Legitimacy

Status Legitimacy is a sociological construct denoting the degree to which members of a group perceive the existing hierarchy of social positions as justified, rightful, and in accordance with shared norms or criteria, distinguishing it from mere status attainment or ascribed status by emphasizing collective recognition and normative validation.

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4.9K

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95

Authors

59

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2017–2026

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48

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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Effects of the legitimacy of low group or individual status on individual and collective status-enhancement strategies.

Naomi Ellemers, Henk Wilke, Ad van Knippenberg · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1993 · 499 citations

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Moral authority and status in International Relations: Good states and the social dimension of status seeking

William C. Wohlforth, Benjamin de Carvalho, Halvard Leira et al. · Review of International Studies · 2017 · 318 citations · Full text

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Processes of Legitimation: Recent Developments and New Directions

Morris Zelditch · Social Psychology Quarterly · 2001 · 274 citations

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Do the disadvantaged legitimize the social system? A large-scale test of the status–legitimacy hypothesis.

Mark J. Brandt · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2013 · 235 citations · Full text

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Authors

95

  1. BA
    B. Ann Bettencourt

    University of Missouri, United States

    3 publications · 116 citations

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  2. LC
    Luca Caricati

    University of Parma, Italy

    3 publications · 119 citations

    3

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  3. NE
    Naomi Ellemers

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    2 publications · 533 citations

    2

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  4. IJ
    Inga Jasinskaja‐Lahti

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  5. BM
    Brenda Major

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    2 publications · 134 citations

    2

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Institutions

59

  1. Reichman University

    Herzliya, Israel

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    131 citations

  2. Tilburg University

    Tilburg, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    319 citations

  3. New York University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    72 citations

  4. University of Parma

    Parma, Italy

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    90 citations

  5. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    110 citations

  6. Apple (United States)

    Cupertino, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    141 citations

  7. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    110 citations

  8. University of Colorado Denver

    Denver, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    522 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    6 publications · 956 citations

    6

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  2. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 3 publications · 285 citations

    3

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  3. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

    GPIR · 3 publications · 129 citations

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  4. Organization Science

    2 publications · 159 citations

    2

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  5. Academy of Management Review

    AMR · 2 publications · 1.4K citations

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