Stakeholder Legitimacy Management and the Qualified Good Neighbor: The Case of Nova Nada and JDI
- 1 December 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Business & Society
- Vol. 40 (4), 442-471
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000765030104000405
Abstract
This article focuses on the company-stakeholder relationship between a large pulp and paper company and a small monastery and nature retreat center. The literature on stakeholder management and organizational legitimacy provides a theoretical foundation. The analysis demonstrates how organizational power and legitimacy can influence stakeholder legitimacy. The authors illustrate the ways that a company can manage the legitimacy of stakeholders through the use of political language and symbolic activity. The results contribute to a better understanding of stakeholder identification, salience, and the different contexts of legitimacy in the company-stakeholder relationship. Implications for stakeholder research and practice are also discussed.Keywords
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