2006
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2006.19379624
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Celebrity Firms: The Social Construction Of Market Popularity

Abstract: We extend the concept of celebrity from the individual to the firm level of analysis and argue that the high level of public attention and the positive emotional responses that define celebrity increase the economic opportunities available to a firm. We develop a theoretical framework explaining how the media construct firm celebrity by creating a "dramatized reality" in reporting on industry change and firms' actions. Firms contribute to this process by taking nonconforming actions and proactively seeking to … Show more

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“…We assert that it will, when size is viewed as a context within which managers operate. Rindova, Pollock, and Hayward (2006) note that larger firms face greater scrutiny from media, special interests, and stakeholders than their smaller counterparts; larger firms have higher profiles than their smaller counterparts. Godfrey (2005) further notes that such a high profile should increase the risk of negative actions toward the firm by outside constituents.…”
Section: Sizementioning
confidence: 99%
“…We assert that it will, when size is viewed as a context within which managers operate. Rindova, Pollock, and Hayward (2006) note that larger firms face greater scrutiny from media, special interests, and stakeholders than their smaller counterparts; larger firms have higher profiles than their smaller counterparts. Godfrey (2005) further notes that such a high profile should increase the risk of negative actions toward the firm by outside constituents.…”
Section: Sizementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Institutional gatekeepers, such as financial analysts or certifiers (Durand et al 2007) may sanction (Zuckerman 1999) or glamorize (Rindova et al 2006) unconventional strategies. The insight from our study that identity redefinition may influence how audiences (and gatekeepers) see and relate to an organization's unconventional strategies can guide future studies of the relationship between strategic innovation and audience evaluations.…”
Section: Strategic Use Of Cultural Resourcesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ao personificar a corporação, atribuímos a essa diversas características de seres humanos (Dowling, 2001;Halliday, 1987;Hardy et al, 2000;Mumby & Stohl, 1991;Rindova et al, 2006;Schultz et al, 2000;Schultz et al, 2001;Schultz & Maguire, 2013), sendo uma delas a utilização de recursos para influenciar as regras que cobrem suas condutas, justificando, assim, suas violações civis, administrativas e morais (Bandura et al, 2000). No caso da Samarco, a análise retórica permitiu reconhecer que a empresa procura influenciar o público de modo a construir uma realidade (Berger & Luckmann, 2005) favorável a ela, por meio de mecanismos de desengajamento moral.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…A metáfora das organizações como seres sociais confere a estas características humanas, pois as mesmas proferem discursos (Halliday, 1987;Hardy, Palmer, & Phillips, 2000;Mumby & Stohl, 1991), têm identidades Schultz & Maguire, 2013), reputação (Dowling, 2001;Schultz, Mouritsen, & Gabrielsen, 2001), expressividade (Schultz, Hatch, & Larsen, 2000), são celebridades (Rindova, Pollock, & Mathew, 2006), e, ainda, constroem uma autoimagem cidadã, ética, excelente, provedora da juventude eterna e de comunidade, entre outras, repassando-as ao seu público interno e à sociedade em geral como forma de responder tanto à fragilidade dos vínculos sociais quanto à crise de identidade que marcam o contexto contemporâneo, ainda que isso não seja possível (Freitas, 2000). Existem argumentos de que organizações não podem ser morais, pois ser moral é exclusivo das pessoas (Macoby, 2005), no entanto, às corporações tem sido atribuída a qualidade de uma persona (McMillan, 1987) que se expressa visual e discursivamente, sendo possível perceber suas condutas como morais ou não.…”
Section: Quando a Conduta Corporativa Torna-se Um Crime Corporativo: unclassified