Exploring the Links between Reputation and Fame: Evidence from French Contemporary Architecture

Amelie Boutinot, Iragaël Joly, Vincent Mangematin () and Shaz Ansari
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Amelie Boutinot: Institut Supérieur de Gestion
Vincent Mangematin: EESC-GEM Grenoble Ecole de Management
Shaz Ansari: University of Cambridge

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Abstract: Why are some organizations famous? We argue that fame results from a conjunction of several audience-specific reputations. Expert reputation (i.e. reputation among members of a knowledgeable group, such as a cultural elite or critics) acts as a mediator for achieving fame for organizations held in high esteem by their peers and clients. Based on a unique database of 103 architectural companies in France, our analysis uses structural equation modelling (SEM) combined with mediation effects to reveal that expert reputation can lead to fame by mediating peer and client reputations. We contribute to the literature by explaining why only some organizations already reputed among peers and clients are famous in society at large.

Keywords: architecture; occupational groups; customers; structural equation model; selection-system theory; reputation; mediation; fame; creative industries; groupe professionnel; modélisation structurelle; clientele; architecte (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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Published in Organization Studies, 2017, 38 (10), pp.1397-1420. ⟨10.1177/0170840616670433⟩

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