Seeing Is (Not) Believing: Managing the Impressions of the Firm’s Commitment to the Natural Environment

This paper examines stakeholder responses to impression management tactics used by firms that express environmental commitment. We inductively analyzed data from 98 open-ended questionnaires and identified two impression management tactics that led respondents to believe that a firm was credible in...

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Главные авторы: Bansal, Pratima (Автор) ; Kistruck, Geoffrey (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2006
В: Journal of business ethics
Год: 2006, Том: 67, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 165-180
Другие ключевые слова:B Transparency
B Natural Environment
B Legitimacy
B impression management tactics
B Stakeholders
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Итог:This paper examines stakeholder responses to impression management tactics used by firms that express environmental commitment. We inductively analyzed data from 98 open-ended questionnaires and identified two impression management tactics that led respondents to believe that a firm was credible in its commitment to the natural environment. Approximately, half of the respondents responded to illustrative impression management tactics that provide images of, and/or broad-brush comments about, the firm’s commitment to the natural environment. The other half responded to demonstrative impression management tactics, which provide specific facts and details about the firm’s operations. The research results provide important insights into the effects of organizational transparency. In this paper, we explore these findings and provide directions for future research.
ISSN:1573-0697
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9021-9