...Legitimacy: cognitive and sociopolitical We adopt Suchman's (1995: 574) inclusive definition of legitimacy as 'a generalized perception or assumption that the...norms, values, beliefs, and definitions.' Suchman proposed a three-part typology of types of legitimacy - pragmatic, moral, and cognitive - but we depart...

...environment. 156 Organizational theory conceptualizes the legitimacy of an organization in an empirical sense as a "generalized perception or assumption that the...system of norms, values, beliefs and definitions". 157 For Meyer and Scott, a completely legitimate organization is one in which every goal is specified,...

...and Powell 1983; Meyer and Rowan 1977; Zucker 1987). Legitimation was defined by Suchman (1995: 574) as a "generalized perception or assumption that the...system of norms, values, beliefs and definitions." Legitimation helps the organization to survive by acquiring the necessary resources. In the process...

...be aware of its power and be willing to exercise it. They accept Suchman's definition of legitimacy as 'a generalized perception or assumption that the...system of norms, values, beliefs and definitions' (1995: 574). Urgency is based on: 1 . Time sensitivity — the degree to which managerial delay in...

...bring about the outcomes they desire" (Salancik & Pfeffer, 1974, p. 3). Legitimacy is "a generalised perception or assumption that the actions of an entity...values, beliefs, and definitions" (Suchman, 1995). Urgency reflects "the degree to which stakeholder claims call for immediate action" (Mitchell et al.,...

...generalized phenomenon involving the role of a social audience; according to Suchman, legitimacy is a 'generalized perception or assumption that the actions...system of norms, values, beliefs, and definitions' (1995: 574). Legitimacy is socially constructed, as the long-lasting Weberian tradition puts it, because...

...Arbeiten zum Legitimitätsbegriff schlägt Suchman (1995: 574) folgende Definition vor: „Legitimacy is a generalized perception or assumption that the actions...constructed System of norms, values, beliefs, and defmitions." Damit sind drei Elemente markiert: Erstens ist Legitimität eine Zuschreibung, zweitens...

...two years from the date of the original award (Estache, Guasch and Trujillo, 2003). 6. 'Legitimacy is a generalized perception or assumption that the actions...of an entity are desirable, proper, or appropriate by some socially constructed system of norms, values, beliefs, and definitions' (Suchman, 1995). 7....

...Corporate legitimacy deals with the appropriate role of corporations in society. Suchman defines legitimacy as "a generalized perception or assumption that the...norms, values, beliefs, and definitions" (Suchman 1995: 574; emphasis in the original here omitted). He distinguishes between three types of organizational...

...by an internal sense of lightness and obligation. Mark Suchman defines legitimacy in similar terms as "a generalized perception or assumption that the...constructed system of norms, values, beliefs, and definitions."2 This definition nicely encompasses both the sense within the individual of the appropriateness...