An Integrative Model of Legitimacy Judgments

By L. Tost. 2011

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Subfields: Information Systems and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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The paradox of new venture legitimation within an entrepreneurial ecosystem (2017, methodology): “However, as the legitimation strategy of an entrepreneur becomes more strategic local evaluators within an entrepreneurial ecosystem need to think more carefully about whether the features of the venture are appropriate (Tost, 2011).”
Institutional Frame Switching: How Institutional Logics Shape Individual Action (2016, neutral): “Other scholars have explored the micro-foundations of legitimacy and have examined how individuals make such judgments (Bitektine, 2011; Tost, 2011).”
Reflexivity: The Role of Embedded Social Position and Entrepreneurial Social Skill in Processes of Field Level Change (2016, background): “Tost (2011), similarly, identifies three component elements (instrumental, relational and moral) of individual legitimacy judgments.”
FROM SUPPORT TO MUTINY: SHIFTING LEGITIMACY JUDGMENTS AND EMOTIONAL REACTIONS IMPACTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RADICAL CHANGE (2014, background): “When the relationship between change agents and change recipients is approached from a legitimacy perspective, managers are not inevitably the “good guys” and resisting employees are not necessarily irrational, selfish, or obstructionist (Bitektine, 2011; Tost, 2011).”
Legitimacy through CSR disclosures? The advantage outweighs the disadvantages (2016, background): “…or attitude as to how a company attempts to reach desirable goals or outcomes instrumental dimension), how it treats others with dignity and respect (relational dimension), and how it acts consistent ith normative standards (moral dimension) (Tost, 2011; further Tyler, 1997; Tyler, 2006).”
Drivers of Global CSR Integration and Local CSR Responsiveness: Evidence from Chinese MNEs (2016, background): “Drawing on institutional theory and legitimacy considerations (DiMaggio & Powell, 1983; Kostova & Zaheer, 1999; Tan & Wang, 2011; Tost, 2011), we identify a number of antecedents that we expect to affect the levels of global CSR integration and local CSR responsiveness of Chinese MNEs.”
Which of These Things Are Not Like the Others? Comparing the Rational, Emotional, and Moral Aspects of Reputation, Status, Celebrity, and Stigma (2019, background): “…differences, they all encompass the rational, emotional, and moral aspects of evaluation, which prior research has identified as playing central roles in judgment and decision-making (Camerer, Lowenstein, & Prelec, 2005; Kahneman, 2011; Slovic, Finucane, Peters, & MacGregor, 2004; Tost, 2011).”
Corporate Governance and Investors' Perceptions of Foreign IPO Value: An Institutional Perspective (2014, background): “This is in line with recent theoretical research on legitimacy judgments (e.g., Bitektine, 2011; Tost, 2011).”
How Does Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility Matter in a Dysfunctional Institutional Environment? Evidence from China (2015, neutral): “Our findings indicate that legitimacy research must further investigate the legitimacy judgment formation process and the related environmental characteristics (cf. Tost 2011; Bitektine 2011).”
A Burden of Responsibility: The Role of Social Approval at the Onset of a Crisis (2014, background): “For example, in research on organizational legitimacy, scholars have often focused on the result of evaluators’ more analytical assessments of an organization’s conformity to a set of social norms and values (Bitektine, 2011; Deephouse & Suchman, 2008; Tost, 2011).”
Legitimating the legitimate: A grounded theory study of legitimacy work among Ethics and Compliance Officers (2014, background): “Our findings about relational legitimacy move beyond Tost’s (2011) definition, which argues that relational legitimacy results from affirming a person’s (the legitimacy granter’s) social identity and self-esteem.”