Does Greenwashing Pay Off? Understanding the Relationship Between Environmental Actions and Environmental Legitimacy

Do firms gain environmental legitimacy when they conform to external expectations regarding the natural environment? Drawing on institutional logic and signaling theory, we investigate sources of heterogeneity in the impacts of environmental actions on environmental legitimacy. Longitudinal data (19...

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Authors: Berrone, Pascual (Author) ; Fosfuri, Andrea (Author) ; Gelabert, Liliana (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2017
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 144, Issue: 2, Pages: 363-379
Further subjects:B Institutional Theory
B Nongovernmental organizations
B Greenwashing
B Signaling theory
B Environmental Management
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