On Bandit Organizations and Their (IL)Legitimacy: Concept Development and Illustration

Cederström, C; Fleming, P

On Bandit Organizations and Their (IL)Legitimacy: Concept Development and Illustration

Cederström, C Fleming, P

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Publisher:: SAGE Publications
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Organization Studies, 2016, 37, (11), pp. 1575-1594
Issue Date:: 2016-11-01

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dc.contributor.author	Cederström, C
dc.contributor.author	Fleming, P https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6838-7190
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-07T23:14:06Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-07T23:14:06Z
dc.date.issued	2016-11-01
dc.identifier.citation	Organization Studies, 2016, 37, (11), pp. 1575-1594
dc.identifier.issn	0170-8406
dc.identifier.issn	1741-3044
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/158732
dc.description.abstract	Outlaw organizations are neglected in organization studies. This is understandable given the presumption of illegitimacy they attract. Our article challenges the presumption by positing the concept of ‘bandit organizations’, demonstrating how some can build impressive levels of legitimacy among their audience. The case of Christopher ‘Dudas’ Coke, a philanthropic Jamaican drug cartel leader, and his ‘Shower Posse’ gang, is used to investigate how contemporary bandit organizations foster legitimacy. By placing ‘shadow economy’ organizations like this in the spotlight, we seek to extend scholarship on organizational legitimacy, while avoiding any undue romanticization of criminal organizations.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	SAGE Publications
dc.relation.ispartof	Organization Studies
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0170840616655484
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1503 Business and Management
dc.subject.classification	Business & Management
dc.title	On Bandit Organizations and Their (IL)Legitimacy: Concept Development and Illustration
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	37
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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Outlaw organizations are neglected in organization studies. This is understandable given the presumption of illegitimacy they attract. Our article challenges the presumption by positing the concept of ‘bandit organizations’, demonstrating how some can build impressive levels of legitimacy among their audience. The case of Christopher ‘Dudas’ Coke, a philanthropic Jamaican drug cartel leader, and his ‘Shower Posse’ gang, is used to investigate how contemporary bandit organizations foster legitimacy. By placing ‘shadow economy’ organizations like this in the spotlight, we seek to extend scholarship on organizational legitimacy, while avoiding any undue romanticization of criminal organizations.

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