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The New Era of Stakeholder Engagement: Gaining, Maintaining, and Repairing Legitimacy in Nonprofit Organizations

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  • Chiara Leardini
  • Sara Moggi
  • Gina Rossi

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The need for nonprofits to foster legitimacy within their communities has led to growing calls for mechanisms of sound governance based on the engagement of stakeholders in organizational activities. Previous studies have investigated the mix of governance mechanisms used by nonprofits to manage legitimacy, without paying attention to the different challenges of legitimacy these organizations face. Aiming to fill this gap, this article employs a multiple case study methodology to explore how mechanisms for engaging stakeholders in governance can be shaped by the need to gain, maintain, or repair legitimacy. The findings show that formal mechanisms based on the direct designation of board members by local stakeholders play a pivotal role in repairing legitimacy. Gaining legitimacy requires actual participation of stakeholders, while maintaining legitimacy calls for formal mechanisms that balance representativeness and competencies of the leadership.

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  • Chiara Leardini & Sara Moggi & Gina Rossi, 2019. "The New Era of Stakeholder Engagement: Gaining, Maintaining, and Repairing Legitimacy in Nonprofit Organizations," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(6), pages 520-532, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:42:y:2019:i:6:p:520-532
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2018.1491593
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    1. Giacomo Boesso & Fabrizio Cerbioni & Andrea Menini & Giulia Redigolo, 2023. "Beyond the money: grantors supporting their grantees," Journal of Management & Governance, Springer;Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale (AIDEA), vol. 27(2), pages 479-503, June.

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