A Process Model of Internal and External Legitimacy
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We report the results of a longitudinal case study depicting the relationship between internal and external legitimacy at Orion, an emergent creative professional firm. We address the following questions: How do different types of legitimacy emerge, and how do they interact to shape organizational evolution? Introducing a staged process model, we demonstrate that organizational legitimacy is a product of action, which is continually reproduced and reconstructed by members of an organization in concert with external legitimation activities. Internal and external legitimacy evolve through a process of emergence, validation, diffusion and consensus, sometimes recursively repeating the cycle when imbalances result in conflict and friction.
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2017 ◽
2019 ◽
Vol 13
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pp. 29
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2012 ◽
pp. 250-267
2006 ◽
Vol 12
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pp. 275-284
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2005 ◽
Vol 29
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pp. 135-147
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Position, experience, and knowledge creation: A longitudinal case study of Chinese academic networks
2013 ◽
Vol 41
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pp. 1009-1018
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