Rethinking the Relationship Between Reputation and Legitimacy: A Social Actor Conceptualization

Corporate Reputation Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 192-207

  King, Brayden G ^a   Whetten, David A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

institutions; organizational identity; organizational legitimacy; organizational reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84968546132     PISSN: 13633589     EISSN: 14791889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/crr.2008.16     Document Type: Article

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