Looking for New Forms of Legitimacy in Asia

Castello Molina, Itziar and Galang, Roberto Martin N. (2014) Looking for New Forms of Legitimacy in Asia Business & Society, 53 (2). pp. 187-225.

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Abstract

Through a rhetoric analysis of 776 projects from firms located in 22 Asian countries, the authors argue that companies are looking for new forms of legitimacy that cannot be completely explained using traditional management theories. The authors introduce political theory into the debate. First, this study proposes a three-approach model of legitimation: The first approach is based on the strategic rhetoric as a mechanism for achieving pragmatic legitimacy, the second one uses the institutional rhetoric for gaining cognitive legitimacy, and the third, the political approach, is one through which firms seek to obtain moral legitimacy. The political strategy is aimed at improving the discursive quality between corporations and their stakeholders. Second, since the motivation for differing legitimacy strategies should be understood within their institutional environment, the authors look for patterns within each strategy dependent on national, industry, and firm-specific characteristics.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions :	Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Surrey Business School
Authors :	Name Email ORCID Castello Molina, Itziar i.castello@surrey.ac.uk Galang, Roberto Martin N.
Date :	1 March 2014
DOI :	10.1177/0007650312469864
Uncontrolled Keywords :	Corporate social responsibility; Legitimacy; Rhetoric; Asia; Political theory
Depositing User :	Clive Harris
Date Deposited :	26 Jul 2019 09:04
Last Modified :	26 Jul 2019 09:04
URI:	http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/852314

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