Business Legitimacy among Business Students in the United States, Great Britain, and South Africa
This study compares attitudes toward business legitimacy in three countries. Positive attitudes toward business legitimacy exist when there is a congruence between organizational activities and societal expectations. Businesses are concerned about the extent to which negative attitudes toward busine...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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1998
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International journal of value-based management
Year: 1998, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 179-195 |
Further subjects: | B
demographic characteristics
B business legitimacy B comparative management B South Africa |
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Summary: | This study compares attitudes toward business legitimacy in three countries. Positive attitudes toward business legitimacy exist when there is a congruence between organizational activities and societal expectations. Businesses are concerned about the extent to which negative attitudes toward business legitimacy will lead to increased government regulation. The results suggest that business students in all three countries are similar in their attitudes toward business legitimacy; however, blacks have more negative attitudes toward business legitimacy than do whites. This study resulted in the validation of a scale that can be used to measure attitudes toward business legitimacy on a cross-cultural basis. Business legitimacy is a major concern in South Africa as the predominately white business community seeks to give the emerging black majority a stake in the existing economic system. |
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ISSN: | 1572-8528 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of value-based management
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1007743132070 |