Institutional hearings as symbolic process: The re-legitimation of organizational practices
The present study investigates how organizations reestablish legitimacy by symbolically managing the meaning of their actions when publicly accused of wrongdoing. During governmental hearings to respond to the allegations, organizations can make real changes in their structures and practices to reestablish legitimacy. In contrast to this substantive re-legitimation, symbolic legitimation refers to reframing the meaning of the actions to create the perception of legitimacy.
Business Administration, Management, Political Science, General, Sociology, General
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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