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ORGANIZATIONAL LEGITIMACY: EVALUATING THE CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE OF A MULTIDIMENSIONAL PHENOMENON

ÖRGÜTSEL MEŞRUİYET: ÇOK BOYUTLU BİR OLGUNUN KAVRAMSAL BAĞLAMDA DEĞERLENDİRMESİ

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101–114
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2020-06-22
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Accordingly, the concept still lacks a broad conceptual consensus and more integrative future research is required to construct an overarching framework with the contributions of different theoretical contexts.

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Objective & Hypothesis:As a fundamental, yet often a confusing concept due to its multilevel structure, organizational legitimacy has attracted great attention in management and organization research as well as sociology and political science.
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Key Findings & Data:Herein, this systematic literature review investigating these conceptual challenges in direct proportion to the increase in the number of studies indicates that each discipline and paradigm embraces the concept through its own contextual elements.
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Conclusion & Impact:Accordingly, the concept still lacks a broad conceptual consensus and more integrative future research is required to construct an overarching framework with the contributions of different theoretical contexts.
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⚙️Variables:Organizational Legitimacy · Legitimacy · Legitimation

Abstract

As a fundamental, yet often a confusing concept due to its multilevel structure, organizational legitimacy has attracted great attention in management and organization research as well as sociology and political science. In this comprehensive review, I discuss the concept within the former scope by taking a picture of the accrued conceptual challenges faced by researchers and by revealing the divergences and convergences among several dimensions of legitimacy suggested in essential typologies. Herein, this systematic literature review investigating these conceptual challenges in direct proportion to the increase in the number of studies indicates that each discipline and paradigm embraces the concept through its own contextual elements. As a result, whereas current typologies and dimensions of legitimacy are found to be overlapping in some respects, they are also observed to differ significantly from one another in some other aspects. Accordingly, the concept still lacks a broad conceptual consensus and more integrative future research is required to construct an overarching framework with the contributions of different theoretical contexts.

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Son derece önemli, fakat çok katmanlı yapısı nedeniyle çoğu zaman kafa karıştırıcı bir kavram olan örgütsel meşruiyet, sosyoloji ve siyaset biliminin yanı sıra, yönetim ve örgüt alanlarında da büyük ilgi görmüştür. Bu kapsamlı literatür incelemesinde araştırmacıların karşılaştığı kavramsal güçlüklerin bir resmini çekerek ve temel tipolojilerde önerilen meşruiyetin çeşitli boyutları arasındaki farklılıkları ve yakınsamaları ortaya çıkararak kavramı yönetim ve örgüt alanında tartışıyorum. Bu noktada, söz konusu kavramsal güçlükleri kavramla ilgili çalışma sayısındaki artışla doğru orantılı olarak inceleyen bu sistematik literatür incelemesi, her disiplinin ve paradigmanın meşruiyet kavramını kendi bağlamsal unsurlarıyla ele aldığını göstermektedir. Sonuç olarak, meşruiyetin mevcut tipolojileri ve boyutlarının kaçınılmaz olarak bazı açılardan örtüştüğü görülürken, bazı noktalarda birbirlerinden önemli ölçüde farklılaştığı görülmüştür. Bu durumda kavram henüz geniş bir kavramsal konsensüsten yoksundur ve farklı kuramsal bağlamların katkılarıyla kapsayıcı bir çerçeve oluşturmak için daha bütüncül araştırmalar yapılması gerekmektedir.

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YÜNCÜ, V. (2020). ORGANIZATIONAL LEGITIMACY: EVALUATING THE CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE OF A MULTIDIMENSIONAL PHENOMENON. Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 22 - Sayı: 1, 101–114. https://ajindex.com/articles/80609

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