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ARTICLES

Suchman, M. (1995)

Managing Legitimacy: Strategic and Institutional Approaches. The Academy of Management Review, 20(3), 571–610.
 
https://doi.org/10.2307/258788

Deephouse, D. (1996)

Does isomorphism legitimate? Academy of Management Journal, 39(4), 1024-1039.

Deephouse, D., & Carter, S. M. (2005) 

An Examination of Differences Between Organizational Legitimacy and Organizational Reputation. Journal of Management Studies, 42(2), 329-360.
 
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2005.00499.x

Bitektine, A. (2008)

Legitimacy-Based Entry Deterrence in Inter-Population Competition. Corporate Reputation Review, 11(1), 73–93​

Díez-Martín, F., Blanco-González, A., & Prado Román, C. (2010)

Legitimidad como factor clave del éxito organizativo. Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa ,16(3), 127–143.

​Díez-Martín, F., Blanco-González, A., & Prado-Román, C. (2010).

Measuring organizational legitimacy: the case of Mutual Guarantee Societies. Cuadernos de Economía y Dirección de la Empresa, 43(junio), 115–144

Bitektine, A. (2011)

Toward a Theory of Social Judgments of Organizations: The Case of Legitimacy, Reputation, and Status. Academy of Management Review, 36(1)
 
 https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2009.0382

​Díez-Martín, F., Prado-Román, C., & Blanco-González, A. (2013)

Efecto del plazo de ejecución estratégica sobre la obtención de legitimidad organizativa. Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa, 19(2), 120–125

​Díez-Martín, F., Prado-Román, C., & Blanco-González, A. (2013)

Beyond legitimacy: legitimacy types and organizational success. Management Decision, 51(10), 1954–1969
 
https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-08-2012-0561

Cruz-Suárez, A., Díez-Martín, F., Blanco-González, A., & Prado-Román, C. (2014)

Análisis de las relaciones entre la legitimidad organizativa, sus fuentes y dimensiones. Revista Venezolana de Gerencia, 19(65), 9-22.

Haack, P., Pfarrer, M.D., & Scherer, A.G. (2014)

Legitimacy-as-Feeling: How Affect Leads to Vertical Legitimacy Spillovers in Transnational Governance. Journal of Management Studies, 51(4), 34-666
 
 https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12071

Suddaby, R., Bitektine, A., & Haack, P. (2015)

Legitimacy. Academy of Management Annals, 11(1), 451–478
 
https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2015.0101

Bitektine, A. & Haack, P. 2015)

The macro and the micro of legitimacy: Towards a multi-level theory of  the legitimacy process. Academy of Management Review, 40(1), 49-75
 
 https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2013.0318​​

Finch, D., Deephouse, D. & Varella, P. (2015)

Examining an Individual’s Legitimacy Judgment Using the Value–Attitude System: The Role of Environmental and Economic Values and Source Credibility. Journal of Business Ethics, 127, 265–281
 
 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-2031-5

​Díez-Martín, F., Blanco-González, A., & Prado-Román, C. (2016)

Explaining nation-wide differences in entrepreneurial activity: a legitimacy perspective. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 12(4), 1079–1102 (2016)
 
 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-015-0381-4

Turcan, R.V., & Fraser, N.M. (2016)

An ethnographic study of new venture and new sector legitimation: Evidence from Moldova. International Journal of Emerging Markets, 11(1), 72-88
 
 https://doi.org/10.1108/IJoEM-10-2012-0142

Diez-Martin, F., Blanco-Gonzalez, A., & Prado-Román, C. (2018)

Factors Affecting Individual Decisions Based on Business Legitimacy. Journal of Promotion Management, 25(1), 181-199
 
 https://doi.org/10.1080/10496491.2018.1443308

Haack, P., & Sieweke, J. (2018)

The Legitimacy of Inequality: Integrating the Perspectives of System Justification and Social Judgment. Journal of Management Studies, 55(3), 486-516
  https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12323

​Blanco-González, A., Prado-Román, C., & Diez-Martín, F. (2018). 

Building a European legitimacy index. American Behavioral Scientist, 61(5), 509
 
 https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764217693282

​Martínez-Navalón, J., Blanco-González, A., & Prado-Román, A. (2019)

Un análisis de la satisfacción de los stakeholders y la legitimidad: El modelo de negocio de la institución universitaria. Revista Espacios, 40(16), 27
 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-015-0381-4

Del-Castillo-Feito, C., Blanco-González, A., & González-Vázquez, E. (2019)

​The relationship between image and reputation in the Spanish public university. European Research on Management and Business Economics, 25(2), 87-92. 
 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iedeen.2019.01.001

Cachón-Rodríguez, G.; Prado Román, C., & Zúñiga-Vicente, J.A. (2019)

The relationship between identification and loyalty in a public university: are there differences between (the perceptions) professors and graduates? European Research on Management and Business Economics, 25(3), 122–128
 
 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iedeen.2019.04.005

​Miotto, G., Polo-López, M., & Rom-Rodríguez, J. (2019)

Gender equality and UN sustainable development goals: Priorities and correlations in the top business schools’ communication and legitimation strategies. Sustainability, 11(2), 302
 
https://doi.org/10.3390/su11020302

​Del Castillo, C., Blanco-González, A., & González-Vázquez, E. (2019)

Influence of Attitudes Toward Immigration on State Legitimacy. American Behavioral Scientist, 63 (7), 955-970
 
https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764218759575

Blanco-González, A., Miotto, G., & Díez-Martín, F. (2020)

Politics and Regionality: Does Region of Residence Affect the State’s Legitimacy? American Behavioral Scientist, 65 (3), 465-481
 
https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764220975048

Zhang, J., Deephouse, D. L., van Gorp, D., & Ebbers, H. (2020)

Individuals’ Perceptions of the Legitimacy of Emerging Market Multinationals: Ethical Foundations and Construct Validation. Journal of Business Ethics, 8, 1-25
 
 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-020-04599-x

Miotto, G., & Youn, S. (2020)

The impact of fast fashion retailers' sustainable collections on corporate legitimacy: Examining the mediating role of altruistic attributions. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 16 (6), 618-631
 
https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.1852

Cachón-Rodríguez, G., Prado-Román, C., & Blanco-González, A. (2020)

Effects of image on university identification and loyalty: are there differences between students and graduates? Revista Espacios

Orviz, N., Blanco-González, A., & Del Castillo Feito, C. (2020). 

Legitimidad y reputación corporativa: estudio a partir de normas de sistemas de gestión. Revista Venezolana de Gerencia, 25 (91), 976-994
 
https://doi.org/10.37960/rvg.v25i91.33177

Toussaint, M., Cabalenas, P., & Blanco-González, A. (2020)

Social sustainability in the Food Value Chain: An integrative approach beyond Corporate Social Responsibility. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 28, 103-115
 
https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2035

Blanco-González, A., Díez-Martín, F., Cachón-Rodríguez, G., & Prado-Román, C. (2020)

Contribution of Social Responsibility to the Work Involvement of Employees. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 27 (6), 2588–2598
 
 https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.1978

Miotto, G., Blanco-González, A., & Díez-Martín, F. (2020)

Top business school’s legitimacy quest through the Sustainable Development Goals. Heliyon 6(11), e05395
 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05395​​​​​​​

Delgado-Alemany, R., Blanco-González, A., & Revilla-Camacho, M.A. (2020)

Códigos deontológicos: El rol de los colegios profesionales y las profesiones reguladas. Espacios, 41(39), 231-249.

Prado-Roman, C., Diez-Martin, F., & Blanco-Gonzalez, A. (2020)

The effect of communication on the legitimacy and performance of organizations. Review of Business Management (RBGN), 22(3), 565-581
 
https://doi.org/10.7819/rbgn.v22i3.4071

Delgado-Alemany, R., Blanco-González, A., & Díez-Martín, F. (2020)

Ethics and Deontology in Spanish Public Universities. Education Sciences, 10, 259
 
 https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci10090259

Del-Castillo-Feito, C., Blanco-González, A., & Delgado-Alemany, R. (2020)

The Relationship between Image, Legitimacy, and Reputation as a Sustainable Strategy: Students’ Versus Professors’ Perceptions in the Higher Education Sector. Sustainability, 12(3), 1189
 
 https://doi.org/10.3390/su12031189

Miotto, G., Del-Castillo-Feito, C., & Blanco-González, A. (2020)

Reputation and legitimacy: Key factors for Higher Education Institutions’ sustained competitive advantage. Journal Business Research, 112, 342-353
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.11.076

Blanco-González, A., Miotto, G., & Díez-Martín, F. (2021)

Relationship Between Equality Policies and Moral Legitimacy According to Experts’ Perceptions. Tripodos, 48, 103-116
 
 https://doi.org/10.51698/tripodos.2020.48p103-116​​​

Díez-Martín, F., Blanco-González, A., & Prado-Román, C. (2021)

The intellectual structure of organizational legitimacy research: a co‑citation analysis in business journals. Review of Managerial Science,  15, 1007-1043
 
 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-020-00380-6​​

​Díez-Martín, F., Díez-De-Castro, E., & Blanco-González, A. (2021)

Measuring a scientifically multifaceted concept. The jungle of organizational legitimacy. European Research on Management and Business Economics, 27(1), 100131
 
 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iedeen.2020.10.001

​Payne, P., Blanco-González, A., Miotto, G., & del-Castillo-Feito, C. (2021)

Consumer Ethicality Perception and Legitimacy: Competitive Advantages in COVID-19 Crisis. American Behavioral Scientist
 https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642211016515

​​Gordo-Molina, V., & Diez-Martin,F. (2021)

Dimensions of organizational legitimacy as a function of gender and consumer status. Esic Market Economics and Business Journal, 53(1)
 
 https://doi.org/10.7200/esicm.53.013

Bitektine, A., & Song, F., (2021)

 On the Role of Institutional Logics in Legitimacy Evaluations: TheE ffects of Pricing and CSR  Signals on Organizational Legitimacy. Journal of Management, 49(3),1070–1105
 
 https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063211070274

Haack, P., & Rasche, A. (2021)

The Legitimacy of Sustainability Standards: A Paradox Perspective. ​​​​ Organization Theory, 2(4)
 
https://doi.org/10.1177/26317877211049493

Haack, P., Schilke, O., & Zucker, L. (2021)

Legitimacy Revisited: Disentangling Propriety, Validity, and Consensus. Journal of Management Studies, 58(3), 749-781
 
https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12615

Cachón, G., Blanco-González, A., & Prado-Román, C. (2021)

Sustainability actions, employee loyalty and the awareness: the mediating effect of organization legitimacy.  Managerial and Decision Economics, 42, 1730–1739
 
 https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.3340

López-Balboa, A., Blanco-González, A., Díez-Martín, F., & Prado-Román, C. (2021)

Macro level measuring of organization legitimacy: its implication for open innovation. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 7, 53
 
https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc7010053

Díez-Martín, F., Blanco-González, A., & Miotto, G. (2022)

The impact of state legitimacy on entrepreneurial activity. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 18, 935–955
 
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-020-00724-4

Blanco-González, A., Cachón-Rodríguez, G., Del-Castillo-Feito, C., & Cruz-Suárez, A. (2022)

Is Purchase Behavior Different for Consumers with Long COVID? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(24), 16658
 
 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416658 

Del-Castillo-Feito, C., Blanco-González, A., Díez-Martín, F., & Cachón-Rodriguez, G. (2022)

Social Capital and Organizational Legitimacy as Competitive Advantages in the Information and Communications Technology Sector. Journal of High Technology Management Research, 33, (2), 100441.
 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hitech.2022.100441

Cachón-Rodríguez, G., Blanco-González, A., Prado-Román, C., & Del-Castillo-Feito, C. (2022)

How Sustainable Human Resources Management helps in the evaluation and planning of Employee Loyalty and Retention: Can Social Capital make a difference? Evaluation and Program Planning, 95, 102171
 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102171

Pascual-Nebreda, L., Cabanelas-Lorenzo, P., & Blanco-González, A. (2022)

Understanding Dissatisfaction Through Evaluation Theory. Managerial and Decision Economics, 43 (7), 3116-3129
 
 https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.3585

Gordo Molina, V., Diez Martin, F., & Del Castillo-Feito, C. (2022)

Legitimacy in entrepreneurship. Intellectual structure and research trends. Management Letters, 22(1), 115-128
 
 https://doi.org/10.5295/cdg.211471vg​​

​Díez-Martín, F., Miotto, G., & Cachón-Rodríguez (2022)

Organizational legitimacy perception: Gender and uncertainty as bias for evaluation criteria. Journal of Business Research, 139, 426-436
 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.09.073

Delgado-Alemany, R., Díez-Martín, F., & Blanco-González, A. (2022)

Exploring the intellectual structure of research in codes of ethics: a bibliometric analysis. Business Ethics, Environment & Responsibility, 31, 508–523
 
 https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12400

​Del-Castillo, C., Blanco-González, A., & Hernández-Perlines, F. (2022)

The impacts of Socially Responsible Human Resources Management on Organizational Legitimacy. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 174, 121274
 
 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121274 

Vila-Boix, L., Blanco-González, A., Miotto, G., & Hernández-Perlines, F. (2023)

The impact of social media advertising on brand’ legitimacy. International Entrepreneurship Management Journal
 
 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-023-00939-1

Blanco-González, A., Cachón-Rodríguez, G., Díez-Martín, F., & Miotto, G. (2023)

Antecedents and consequences of anxiety: the relevance of perceived legitimacy. International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development
 
 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJISD.2023.10058367

Rivero-Gutierrez, L., Cabanelas-Lorenzo, P., & Blanco-González, A. (2023)

How can companies boost legitimacy in international markets? A dynamic marketing capabilities approach. International Marketing Review
 
 https://doi.org/10.1108/IMR-09-2022-0215

Blanco-González, A., Díez-Martín, F., & Miotto, G. (2023)

Achieving Legitimacy Through Gender Equality Policies. Sage Open, 13 (2)
 
https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231172953

Siraz, S., Claes, B., De Castro, J.O., & Vaara, E. (2023)

Theorizing the Grey Area between Legitimacy and Illegitimacy. Journal of Management Studies, 60(4), 924-962
 
 https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12901

Blanco-González, A., Cachón-Rodríguez, G., Hernández-Perlines, F., & Prado-Román, C. (2023)

Effects of Social Responsibility on Legitimacy and Revisit Intention: The Moderate Role of Anxiety. Journal of Business Research, 157, 113583
 
 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113583 

Plaza-Casado, A., Blanco-González, A., Rivero-Gutiérrez, L., & Gómez-Martínez, R. (2024)

Does the legitimacy of countries influence the internationalization of emerging market multinationals. European Research on Management and Business Economics, 30(1), 100233
 
 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iedeen.2023.100233

Claes, B., Siraz, S., de Castro, J., & Lapeyre, E. M. (2024)

What is the quack about? Legitimation strategies and their perceived appropriateness in the foie gras industry. European Management Journal
  https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12634

Plaza-Casado, A., Blanco-González, A., & Rivero-Gutiérrez, L. (2024)

Exploring the impact of legitimacy on the competitiveness of international firms. ESIC Market, 55(3), e369
 
https://doi.org/10.7200/esicm.55.369​​​​​​​
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