Asante, Shadrack, Sarpong, David, Aidoo, Eunice and Ogunsade, Adekunle Isaac (2024). Advancing the common good through business excellence awards:A legitimacy-seeking perspective. Strategic Change ,
Abstract
Competing for and winning business excellence awards (BEAs) is essential for firms' long-term performance. However, the role of these BEAs in inspiring good and generating sustainable business practices has often been overlooked. In this article, we draw on the legitimacy-seeking theory to explore the “socially good” transformations firms go through by competing for BEAs. Data for the inquiry come from semi-structured interviews with managers whose firms competed in two BEAs in the United Kingdom. Providing insight into BEAs as a competitive legitimating frame in organizing, our findings shed light on how BEAs may serve as competitive crucibles that provide opportunities for feedback and learning, potentiality for brand positioning, and a possibility for stimulating excellence in the adoption of good business practices. The implications of these findings for the theory and practice of advancing the “common good” are outlined.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2606 |
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Divisions: | College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School College of Business and Social Sciences College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Marketing & Strategy Aston University (General) |
Additional Information: | Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | brand positioning,business excellence awards,good business practices,legitimacy seeking,social validation,General Business,Management and Accounting,Finance |
Publication ISSN: | 1099-1697 |
Data Access Statement: | The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. |
Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2024 17:05 |
Date Deposited: | 23 Oct 2024 15:13 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2024-10-01 |
Published Online Date: | 2024-10-01 |
Accepted Date: | 2024-09-07 |
Authors: |
Asante, Shadrack
Sarpong, David ( 0000-0002-1533-4332) Aidoo, Eunice Ogunsade, Adekunle Isaac |