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This paper investigates the institutional view on organizational legitimacy and legitimation processes by addressing the principal theses of the institutional school of thought and fundamental arguments raised by institutionalists. Beyond a shadow of doubt, the notion of organizational legitimacy is not a simple phenomenon that can be confined to a sole paradigm or a phenomenon that be explained through a sole theoretical lens. However, based on the idea that theories pinpoint the most relevant factors affecting the phenomena under investigation, I aim to pave the way for further theoretical research by crystallizing how the institutional school of thought embraces organizational legitimacy. In this regard, this paper analyzes the institutional approach to organizational legitimacy by suggesting an in-depth overview of the factors that shape organizational legitimacy and identifies three essential institutional orientations. The paper concludes by indicating to the prominence of cultural frameworks in gaining legitimacy and by suggesting directions for future research. |
