Auteurs
Sylvaine Castellano
Olga Ivanova
Abstract
Organizational legitimacy can be viewed as conformity to broadly-accepted standards, or institutions. The main question we are looking to answer with the present study is what happens when these institutions change? Which institutions will organizations adhere to?
This paper analyzes how institutional change affects organizational legitimacy. A framework was designed to take into consideration the types of changes based on the different types of institutions (formal versus informal), which are also regarded as sources of legitimacy. A typology of legitimacy profiles based on the different sources sought by organizations was developed. We tested the theoretical framework with a qualitative on the Bulgarian wine sector in 2007. The later represents the perfect setting for the present study since both the country and the industry encountered major institutional transformations over the last two decades. The results show that the type of legitimacy profile adopted depends on the type of institutional change as well as the specific organizational characteristics.
Auteurs
Sylvaine Castellano
Olga Ivanova
Abstract
Organizational legitimacy can be viewed as conformity to broadly-accepted standards, or institutions. The main question we are looking to answer with the present study is what happens when these institutions change? Which institutions will organizations adhere to?
This paper analyzes how institutional change affects organizational legitimacy. A framework was designed to take into consideration the types of changes based on the different types of institutions (formal versus informal), which are also regarded as sources of legitimacy. A typology of legitimacy profiles based on the different sources sought by organizations was developed. We tested the theoretical framework with a qualitative on the Bulgarian wine sector in 2007. The later represents the perfect setting for the present study since both the country and the industry encountered major institutional transformations over the last two decades. The results show that the type of legitimacy profile adopted depends on the type of institutional change as well as the specific organizational characteristics.
