Organizational Legitimacy Under Conditions of Complexity: The Case of the Multinational Enterprise
探讨跨国企业在复杂环境中的组织合法性问题，区分整体与部分的合法性，提出内部与外部合法性及正负溢出效应的命题，适合研究跨国管理或组织理论的学者参考。
We examine organizational legitimacy in the context of the multinational enterprise (MNE). After discussing three types of complexity (of the legitimating environment, the organization, and the process of legitimation) that MNEs typically face, we explore their effects on MNE legitimacy. In particular, we distinguish between the legitimacy of the MNE as a whole and that of its parts, and we develop propositions that include issues of internal versus external legitimacy and positive and negative legitimacy spillovers.