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

By Alex Bitektine. 2011

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Subfields: Management Information Systems, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Public Administration

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Which of These Things Are Not Like the Others? Comparing the Rational, Emotional, and Moral Aspects of Reputation, Status, Celebrity, and Stigma (2019, background): “Scholars have sought to bring conceptual clarity to the construct of organizational status by moving away from Podolny’s (1993) definition and elaborating on the differences between status and reputation (Bitektine, 2011; Ertug &Castellucci, 2013; Jensen &Roy, 2008; Piazza & Castellucci, 2014; Pollo”
A Burden of Responsibility: The Role of Social Approval at the Onset of a Crisis (2014, background): “Despite these developments, however, the intuitive versus analytical nature of social evaluations remains in debate, as does the role of affect among related constructs (cf. Bitektine, 2011; Deephouse & Suchman, 2008; Fombrun, 2012; Jensen et al., 2012).”
FROM SUPPORT TO MUTINY: SHIFTING LEGITIMACY JUDGMENTS AND EMOTIONAL REACTIONS IMPACTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RADICAL CHANGE (2014, background): “Additionally, our emergent insights add empirical texture to emerging conceptual work on legitimacy judgments (Bitektine, 2011; Tost, 2011).”
Institutional Frame Switching: How Institutional Logics Shape Individual Action (2016, positive): “First, we respond to recent calls to deepen our understanding of the micro-processes of institutional theory (Bitektine, 2011; Powell & Colyvas, 2008) and the institutional logics perspective (Thornton & Ocasio, 2008; Thornton et al.”
The paradox of new venture legitimation within an entrepreneurial ecosystem (2017, background): “Legitimacy Assessment and Audience Diversity Since legitimacy assessments represent social judgments that reside in the eye of the beholder (Ashforth & Gibbs, 1990; Bitektine, 2011), such assessments are audience dependent (Suchman, 1995).”
Role of Country- and Firm-Level Determinants in Environmental, Social, and Governance Disclosure (2016, positive): “Panwar et al. (2014) highlight that legitimacy decisions are in part a matter of evaluators’ decision heuristics and cultural values (Bitektine 2011) and are not necessarily dependent on actual knowledge (Doh et al. 2010) or the objective assessment of companies’ actions.”
Offshoring innovation to emerging markets: Organizational control and informal institutional distance (2014, background): “Reputation is based on the prior behavior of firms and it guides expectations with respect to the future behavior of firms (Bitektine, 2011).”
The ineffectiveness of entrepreneurship policy: is policy formulation to blame? (2014, background): “…predicated on the impartiality of policy-makers, the process and on the policy itself; secondly, external legitimacy involving the role of external stakeholders, such as Task Forces, RDAs and delivery agencies; and thirdly, media legitimacy informing the public of such a policy (Bitektine 2011).”
Informal Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies: The Impacts of Starting up Unregistered on firm Performance (2017, background): “, 2009), signaling stability, quality, and/or prestige (Bitektine, 2011; Suchman, 1995) and reducing liabilities of newness.”
Regional Social Legitimacy of Entrepreneurship: Implications for Entrepreneurial Intention and Start-up Behaviour (2014, background): “…of social legitimacy in economic behaviour (e.g. ALDRICH and FIOL, 1994; DIMAGGIO and POWELL, 1983; for an overview, see BITEKTINE, 2011), emphasizing a strong cultural dimension of legitimating processes and the social sanctions attached to them (BITEKTINE, 2011; DEEPHOUSE and SUCHMANN, 2008).”
The Harm of Symbolic Actions and Green-Washing: Corporate Actions and Communications on Environmental Performance and Their Financial Implications (2012, background): “A more recent examination of legitimacy described it as actor’s perceptions or judgements manifested in behavioral actions (Bitektine 2011, p. 152).”
Synthesizing and Extending Resource Dependence Theory (2013, positive): “…high levels of legitimacy can result in social support for the focal organization, as their legitimacy might “rub off” on it (Baum & Oliver, 1991; Bitektine, 2011; Pfeffer & Salancik, 1978). for example, board interlocks and other affiliations with prestigious actors have been argued to help…”