Call for papers

3^rd International Workshop on Organizational Legitimacy

“THE STATE OF THE ART IN LEGITIMACY RESEARCH: THEORY AND APPLICATION”

15-16 May 2025 – emlyon business school, Lyon, France

Call for Papers

The 3rd Annual Organizational Legitimacy Workshop builds on the legacy of the first two workshops: the inaugural event at the University of Lausanne in 2023 and the second workshop at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2024.

Purpose and Theme

The theme of the workshop is “The State of the Art in Legitimacy Research: Theory and Application” within the field of management.

We encourage submissions covering any aspect of the legitimacy-research spectrum, including (but not limited to):

• Dynamics of legitimacy judgment formation and change
• (De)Legitimation strategies
• Multilevel approaches to legitimacy
• States of legitimacy on the legitimacy-illegitimacy continuum
• Operationalizing and measuring legitimacy
• Legitimacy of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial endeavors
• External and internal legitimacy struggles within organizations
• Legitimation through sustainable resourcing and supply chains
• CSR, legitimacy states, and legitimation
• Theoretical and empirical advances in legitimacy research

The workshop will feature presentations and roundtable facilitation by international experts. Early-career scholars such as Ph.D. students, postdoctoral fellows, and tenure-track assistant professors are particularly encouraged to apply though scholars further along in their careers are also welcome to submit their work. The goal is to foster idea exchange, feedback, and networking opportunities.

Participation, Program, and Fees

The workshop will take place from 15-16 May 2025. There is no registration or participation fee for the workshop, and catering including the gala dinner will be offered. However, space is limited to 50 participants.

Venue

The event will be held at emlyon business school, Lyon, France. The campus is conveniently located and easily accessible by public transportation.

About emlyon business school

Founded in 1872 by the Lyon Chamber of Commerce, emlyon business school has an enrollment of over 9,260 students of 130 nationalities across four campuses worldwide (Lyon, Shanghai, Paris, and Mumbai). The School relies on a Faculty of 170 internationally recognized professors and researchers, and a network of 222 global academic partners, to provide learning tracks of academic excellence open to the world. The school runs a community of 45,000 alumni spread over 130 countries. As a benefit corporation (société à mission) emlyon aims to “train and support informed leaders, throughout their lives, who are able to transform organizations efficiently for a fairer society and with greater solidarity and respect for the planet”. The School’s pedagogy closely links action and reflection. Skill hybridization and social responsibility are also at the heart of its training programs, where the best of both socioeconomic and academic worlds meet. The strategic plan, “Resonances 2028”, reaffirms the importance of the “maker spirit” that has been the DNA of emlyon since its creation. The plan is built around the five qualities expected of “makers”, emlyon students and alumni, to become entrepreneurs of change, namely: academic excellence; entrepreneurial spirit; engagement; hybrid knowledge; resonance with society.