The Paradox and Constraints of Legitimacy

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-21

  Sonpar, Karan ^a   Pazzaglia, Federica ^a   Kornijenko, Jurgita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

change; institutional theory; legitimacy; qualitative study; stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955087053     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0344-1     Document Type: Article

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