Organizational legitimacy under conditions of complexity: The case of the multinational enterprise

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kostova, T; Zaheer, S
• 署名单位: University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/amr.1999.1580441
• 发表日期: 1999
• 页码: 64-81
• 关键词: COUNTRY CAPABILITIES; Bargaining power; Isomorphism; liability; strategy; environments; corporations; FOREIGNNESS; industry

摘要

We examine organizational legitimacy in the context of the multinational enterprise (MNE). After discussing three types of complexity (of the legitimating environment, the organization, and the process of legitimation) that MNEs typically face, we explore their effects on MNE legitimacy. In particular, we distinguish between the legitimacy of the MNE as a whole and that of its parts, and we develop propositions that include issues of internal versus external legitimacy and positive and negative legitimacy spillovers.