Publication: Strategies of legitimacy through social media: the networked strategy
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2016-05-01
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Wiley
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How can corporations develop legitimacy when coping with stakeholders who have multiple, often conflicting sustainable development (SD) agendas? We address this question by conducting an in-depth longitudinal case study of a corporation's stakeholder engagement in social media and propose the concept of a networked legitimacy strategy. With this strategy, legitimacy is gained through participation in non-hierarchical open platforms and the co-construction of agendas. We explore the organizational transition needed to yield this new legitimacy approach. We argue that, in this context, legitimacy gains may increase when firms are able to reduce the control over the engagements and relate non-hierarchically with their publics.
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Legitimacy, Social media, Stakeholder engagement, Sustainable development
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Castelló, I., Etter, M., & Årup Nielsen, F. (2016). Strategies of Legitimacy Through Social Media: The Networked Strategy. Journal of Management Studies, 53 (3), pp. 402-432.