Is the Optimism in CEO’s Letters to Shareholders Sincere? Impression Management Versus Communicative Action During the Economic Crisis
In this study, we explore the sincerity of the rhetorical tone of 664 annual letters to shareholders (CEO letters). Prior studies adopt Impression Management theory to predict that firms obfuscate failures and emphasize successes to unfairly enhance their image and maintain organizational legitimacy...
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2014
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 124, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-34 |
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B Discourse ethics B Impression Management B Economic Crisis B Optimism |
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