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Theorizing the Grey Area between Legitimacy and Illegitimacy

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dc.contributor.authorSiraz, Sonia
dc.contributor.authorClaes, Björn
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Julio de
dc.contributor.authorVaara, Eero
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Julio de
dc.contributor.funderAgencia Estatal de Investigación
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dc.date.accessioned2024-07-08T13:15:04Z
dc.date.available2024-07-08T13:15:04Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractDespite a proliferation of research on legitimacy,the ‘grey area’ that lies between legitimacy and illegitimacy remains undertheorized. Responding to calls for further research,we clarify the construct of legitimacy and extend legitimacy theory by providing a conceptual framework for analyzing the legitimacy-illegitimacy continuum. First,we propose three novel legitimacy states between legitimacy and illegitimacy – conditional legitimacy,unknown legitimacy,and conditional illegitimacy – and elaborate on the distinct qualitative characteristics of the five legitimacy states. Second,we offer a model of the dynamics of legitimacy state change and the (in)stability of the issue-specific reference framework that is used to judge them. Third,we explain how our legitimacy states bridge the research streams on legitimacy judgment formation and legitimation strategies. By doing so,we integrate these research streams and enumerate discursive strategies for each state. Our article contributes to a more robust understanding of both how legitimacy states can be conceptualized and analyzed in future research and how they can be dealt with in managerial practice. © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Management Studies published by Society for the Advancement of Management Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
dc.description.fundingtypeWe thank handling editor Gerardo Patriotta and the three anonymous reviewers for their helpful guidance and developmental feedback during the review process. We received valuable comments and suggestions from Patrick Haack, Bryant Hudson, Marco Clemente, Sharon Alvarez, Peter Bloom, Mark Fenton O'Creevy, David Wilson, Taiyuan Wang and many others. We are grateful for the feedback by participants and referees from the AOM annual meeting and EGOS Colloquium. Research reported in this article was partially funded by State Research Agency (AEI) : 10.13039/501100011033 Grant No. PID2020?117248GB-I00.
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dc.identifier.citationSiraz, S. S., Claes, B., De Castro, J. O., & Vaara, E. (2023). Theorizing the grey area between legitimacy and illegitimacy. Journal of Management Studies, 60(4), 924-962. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12901
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12901
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3141
dc.issue.number4
dc.journal.titleJournal of Management Studies
dc.language.isoen
dc.page.final962
dc.page.initial924
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dc.publisherJournal of Management
dc.relation.departmentStrategy
dc.relation.entityIE University
dc.relation.projectIDAEI: PID2020-117248GB-I00
dc.relation.schoolIE Business School
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject.keywordIllegitimacy
dc.subject.keywordLegitimacy
dc.subject.keywordLegitimacy-illegitimacy continuum
dc.subject.keywordLegitimation strategy
dc.subject.keywordPolarization
dc.titleTheorizing the Grey Area between Legitimacy and Illegitimacy
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