This article focuses on the self-legitimation strategies of frontline prosecutors working in a Northeastern city United States (“Belton”). The research took place self-described “progressive” prosecutor's office midst legitimacy crisis that faced across country. Belton spoke about their role and practices face this through strategy differentiation from other criminal justice actors, aimed at es...

Abstract How do leaders create legitimacy in international organizations (IOs)? It is widely acknowledged that matters to IOs, but little research examines internal self-legitimation—the creation of for staff, rather than external audiences—and who specifically undertakes these self-legitimation activities IOs. This paper fills gaps by examining the particular role and I develop a theoretical f...

In this paper, the authors explore specific nature of material-based legitimation and examine how it differs from other forms legitimation. Prior studies institutional legitimacy have predominantly focused on discursive iconic aspects legitimation, with much less focus placed role materiality. To advance our argument, introduce notion enactive The suggest that is derived supported by ongoing en...