The "macro" and the "micro" of legitimacy: Toward a multilevel theory of the legitimacy process

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-75

  Bitektine, Alex ^a   Haack, Patrick ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84923659048     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2013.0318     Document Type: Article

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