How do governments in China and Western democracies differ in their technological
response to control the transmission of the pandemic? Based on an analysis of academic …

Research summary: A ttaining optimal distinctiveness—positive stakeholder perceptions
about a firm's strategic position that reconciles competing demands for differentiation and …

Increasingly, management researchers are using topic modeling, a new method borrowed
from computer science, to reveal phenomenon-based constructs and grounded conceptual …

How do new ventures gain legitimacy and attract critical resources? An increasing body of
cultural entrepreneurship research has highlighted an “optimal distinctiveness” trade-off …

Legitimacy has emerged as a pivotal but often confusing construct in management theory.
Defined as a “generalized perception or assumption that the actions of an entity are …

Sensemaking is the process through which people work to understand issues or events that
are novel, ambiguous, confusing, or in some other way violate expectations. As an activity …

To acquire resources, new ventures need to be perceived as legitimate. For this to occur, a
venture must meet the expectations of various audiences with differing norms, standards …

We examine why organizations that obtain prominent certifications may at times elect not to
publicize them. Drawing on the impression management literature, we argue and show that …

How do institutions influence and shape cognition and action in individuals and
organizations, and how are they in turn shaped by them? Various social science disciplines …

There are few constructs that are as ubiquitous across traditions of management and
organizational research, and indeed the social sciences more generally, as that of frame or …