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New paper in the Academy of Management Review: A Functional View of Social Judgments

New paper in the Academy of Management Review: A Functional View of Social Judgments

by Blog editor | Jun 27, 2025 | Publication

In this article, Bitektine, Gillespie, and Lange shift the focus of social evaluation research by asking not what social judgments do for organizations, but what they do for the evaluators who make them. The authors propose a functional perspective, arguing that...
Legitimacy by Association: Why Partner Choice Matters in Public–Private Partnerships

Legitimacy by Association: Why Partner Choice Matters in Public–Private Partnerships

by Blog editor | Jun 25, 2025 | Publication

Why do public organizations sometimes lose citizen approval even when their cross-sector collaborations run smoothly? This new study shows it can all hinge on who they team up with. Using two preregistered experiments in Germany (n = 2510), the article shows that a...
Moral Legitimacy Judgments: Why Do Motives Matter?

Moral Legitimacy Judgments: Why Do Motives Matter?

by Blog editor | Mar 28, 2025 | Publication

Why do some companies gain moral legitimacy while others face public backlash—despite delivering the same positive outcomes? The study reveals that it’s not just what organizations achieve that matters, but why they do it. When outcomes are driven by prosocial...
The Hidden Cracks: How Crises Reveal Fragile Legitimacy

The Hidden Cracks: How Crises Reveal Fragile Legitimacy

by Blog editor | Feb 4, 2025 | Publication

Legitimacy has long been studied either at the individual or collective level, but recent research highlights the need to integrate these perspectives. In the Journal of Management Studies, Patrick Haack, Jost Sieweke, and Mike Pfarrer explore the often-overlooked...
New Article on Legitimacy and Institutional Logics in the Journal of Management Studies

New Article on Legitimacy and Institutional Logics in the Journal of Management Studies

by Blog editor | Nov 20, 2024 | Publication

Marketization,’ i.e., the spread of market logic through the introduction of new market practices, is a pervasive phenomenon that can cause discomfort and sometimes prompt active resistance among actors in the field. It is puzzling why market logic is gaining ground...
New Paper on the Legitimacy of Multi-CEOs in the Academy of Management Discoveries

New Paper on the Legitimacy of Multi-CEOs in the Academy of Management Discoveries

by Blog editor | Nov 11, 2024 | Publication

While the CEO position is already recognized as a highly demanding role, multi-CEOs lead not one, but several different companies. As such, this ability to reconcile seemingly incompatible roles presents an intriguing research case. Recently, the Academy of Management...

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  • New paper in the Academy of Management Review: A Functional View of Social Judgments
  • Legitimacy by Association: Why Partner Choice Matters in Public–Private Partnerships
  • Moral Legitimacy Judgments: Why Do Motives Matter?
  • Video on the Mult-level Theory of Legitimacy
  • The Hidden Cracks: How Crises Reveal Fragile Legitimacy

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