Desperately seeking legitimacy: Organizational identity and emerging industries

Clegg, SR; Rhodes, C; Kornberger, M

Desperately seeking legitimacy: Organizational identity and emerging industries

Clegg, SR

Rhodes, C

Kornberger, M

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Organization Studies, 2007, 28 (4), pp. 495 - 513
Issue Date:: 2007-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Clegg, SR https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4283	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rhodes, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6571-2872	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kornberger, M	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-04-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Organization Studies, 2007, 28 (4), pp. 495 - 513	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0170-8406	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/5303
dc.description.abstract	In this article we examine the process of organizational identity formation in emerging industries. We argue that organizational identity is best understood in terms of the relationship between temporal difference (i.e. the performance of a stable identity over time) and spatial difference (i.e. by locating organizational identity in relation to other firms, both similar and different). It is the relationship between these two forms of difference that enables the construction of a legitimate sense of organizational identity. Our discussion is illustrated using empirical material from a study of the emerging industry of business coaching in Australia. Copyright © 2007 SAGE Publications.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Organization Studies	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0170840606067995	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Business & Management	en_US
dc.title	Desperately seeking legitimacy: Organizational identity and emerging industries	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	28	en_US
utslib.for	150312 Organisational Planning and Management	en_US
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
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
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	4	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	28	en_US

Abstract:

In this article we examine the process of organizational identity formation in emerging industries. We argue that organizational identity is best understood in terms of the relationship between temporal difference (i.e. the performance of a stable identity over time) and spatial difference (i.e. by locating organizational identity in relation to other firms, both similar and different). It is the relationship between these two forms of difference that enables the construction of a legitimate sense of organizational identity. Our discussion is illustrated using empirical material from a study of the emerging industry of business coaching in Australia. Copyright © 2007 SAGE Publications.

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