In this study, we formulated and tested a theory about how heterogeneity among subpopulations affects the degree to which organizations in these subpopulations contribute to and benefit from the overall population’s legitimacy. Historical data on banking in Shanghai were used. Firms in subpopulations with a higher “grade of membership” were found to contribute strongly to the legitimacy of the ...

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect environmental performance, ISO 14001, media disclosure on financial performance mining companies in Indonesia. population listed Indonesia Stock Exchange 2016-2021 247 annual reports. This was use census method for sampling technique. Data analysis techniques path with SmartsPLS 3.0 software as tool. found that Environmental performance. While,...

This article examines the interrelationship between legitimacy building efforts – different ways in which social enterprises (SEs) conform to stakeholder expectations and types of innovation approaches by they create economic value through product, process business model innovation. Using a multi-case study research design twenty SEs Scotland Romania, we find that adjusted their approach depend...

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a crisis that will test the company's commitment to ethical business conduct. impact of on economy, health and society has increased sharply. Based stakeholder theory, legitimacy theory literature corporate social responsibility (CSR), this paper attempts explore how responses support key stakeholders such as employees, customers whole through its CSR initiativ...

This article examines the use of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to choose a priority for different purposes which have been used in fishery optimal management in the Sea of Oman. There are several stakeholder groups in the multi-objective planning methods. In this study, the AHP is used to determine the preferences (weight) of stakeholder groups for each of the objectives in the fisheries ind...

Although an increasing number of companies have publicly declared environmental targets (ETs), scant research has been conducted in this area. This study, therefore, investigates the extent corporate disclosure (ETD) and empirically examines whether governance performance influence ETD U.K. during 2005–2013 period. We find that firms show a large degree variability inconsistency their reporting...

Adolescents differ in the extent to which they believe that parents have legitimate authority to impose rules restricting adolescents' behavior. The purpose of the current study was to test predictors of individual differences in legitimacy beliefs during the middle school years. Annually, during the summers following Grades 5, 6, and 7, early adolescents (n = 218; 51% female, 47% African Ameri...

Background The accountability for reasonableness (A4R) framework defines 4 conditions for legitimate healthcare coverage decision processes: Relevance, Publicity, Appeals, and Enforcement. The aim of this study was to reflect on how the diverse features of decision-making processes can be aligned with A4R conditions to guide decisio...

INTRODUCTION First Nation communities were highly impacted by the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. Multiple government bodies (ie federal, provincial, and First Nations) in Canada share responsibility for the health sector pandemic response in remote and isolated First Nation communities and this may have resulted in a fragmented pandemic response. This study aimed to discover if and how the dicho...

Background: National health surveys are sometimes used to provide estimates on risk factors for policy and program development at the regional/local level. However, as regional/local needs may differ from national ones, an important question is how to also enhance capacity for risk factor surveillance regionally/locally. Methods: A Think Tank Forum was convened in Canada to discuss the needs, c...