Against all odds: A consideration of core-stigmatized organizations

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Hudson, Bryant Ashley
• 署名单位: State University System of Florida; University of South Florida
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 252-266
• 关键词: IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT; POPULATION ECOLOGY; IDENTITY; legitimacy; industry; illegitimacy; image; CONSTRUCTION; Isomorphism; FOREIGNNESS

摘要

Studies of illegitimate organizations have failed to present consistent definitions and to recognize that illegitimate organizations persist. Drawing on the emerging organizational stigma literature, I separate recoverable event-stigma from nonrecoverable core-stigma-an extreme form of the poorly defined construct of illegitimacy. I examine the nature of core-stigma, the role of conflicting external audience evaluations that determine and express this stigma, and some organizational outcomes and responses. I end by proposing some implications for building a greater understanding of these and other illegitimate organizations and a possible agenda for future research.