Faculty Publications
Three Elements Of Stakeholder Legitimacy
Document Type
Article
Keywords
Organizational legitimacy, Stakeholder attributes, Stakeholder behavior, Stakeholder claim, Stakeholder legitimacy, Stakeholder theory
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of Business Ethics
Volume
105
Issue
2
First Page
257
Last Page
265
Abstract
This paper focuses attention on the stakeholder attribute of legitimacy. Drawing upon institutional and stakeholder theories, I develop a framework of stakeholder legitimacy based on its three aspects-legitimacy of the stakeholder as an entity, legitimacy of the stakeholder's claim, and legitimacy of the stakeholder's behavior. I assume that stakeholder legitimacy is socially constructed by management and that each of its three aspects exists in degree in the manager's perception. I discuss how these aspects interact and change over time, and propose an agenda for future research on stakeholder legitimacy. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Department
Department of Management
Original Publication Date
1-1-2012
DOI of published version
10.1007/s10551-011-0966-y
Recommended Citation
Santana, Adele, "Three Elements Of Stakeholder Legitimacy" (2012). Faculty Publications. 1857.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/1857
