Legitimized identity vs identifiable legitimacy

Lin Xiu, Feng Lu and Xin Liang

Nankai Business Review International, 2019, vol. 11, issue 1, 102-120

Abstract: Purpose - Organizational identity and organizational legitimacy are related constructs, but comprehensive studies of the relationship have been lacking in the literature of organizational studies. This paper aims to propose a framework that includes four possible relationships between organizational legitimacy and identity. Design/methodology/approach - The authors evaluate the causes of each of these relationships and an important consequence of the relationship: their influences on organizational adaptation. Findings - With a series of propositions, the authors make a tentative, but valuable, move toward integrating two broad streams of social perspective of organizing, institutional theory and organizational identity and call for research efforts in this direction. Originality/value - The paper is the first one that explores the relationship between organizational identity and organizational legitimacy in a comprehensive way.

Keywords: Research; Institutional theory; Organizational adaptation; Organizational identity; Organizational legitimacy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1108/NBRI-03-2019-0009

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