The Legitimacy of Organizational Downsizing in Canada: An Analysis of Explanatory Media Accounts

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Market Watch: Information and Availability Cascades Among the Media and Investors in the U.S. IPO Market (2008, background): “…1994; Podolny, 1993; Rao, Greve, & Davis, 2001) and information intermediaries such as financial analysts and the media (Deephouse, 2000; Lamertz & Baum, 1998; Lounsbury & Rao, 2004; Pollock & Rindova, 2003; Rao et al., 2001; Zuckerman, 1999) influence the actions of others and shape…”
Character, Conformity, or the Bottom Line? How and Why Downsizing Affected Corporate Reputation (2009, background): “Notable among these were the need to respond to increasing global competition (Lamertz & Baum, 1998; Useem, 1993) and the accompanying characterization of large U.S. firms as “fat” and overstaffed (Thurow, 1986; Tomasko, 1987).”
Framing Controversial Actions: Regulatory Focus, Source Credibility, and Stock Market Reaction to Poison Pill Adoption (2014, background): “Accounts play a prominent role in our understanding of how organizations aim to influence the perception of key stakeholders (e.g., Elsbach, 1994; Garrett et al., 1989; Lamertz & Baum, 1998).”