Organizational legitimacy and organizational reputation have similar antecedents, social construction processes, and consequences. Nonetheless, an improved understanding of relationships between legitimacy and reputation requires that differences between the two be specified and clarified. Our...

A question invariably recurs in discussions about corporate reputation: are they cause, consequence, or epiphenomenon? That is: do they have an independent causal effect on corporate performance; are they a consequence of good financial performance? Or are they an incidental by-product? The second...

We draw from socio-emotional wealth and social identity research to develop a theory on reputational differences among family and non-family firms. We propose that family members identify more strongly with their family firm than non-family members do with either a family or non-family firm....

Discussion and ConclusionReferences; SECTION II NATIONAL CONTEXT AND REPUTATION; Does Country Really Matter? Exploring the Contextual Effect of Individual Self-construal in Reaping the Relational Benefits...; Introduction; Theory; Customer-based Corporate Reputation; Customer-level Outcomes of...