Media legitimacy and corporate environmental communication

被引:467
作者
Aerts, Walter [1 ]
Cormier, Denis [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Antwerp, Fac Appl Econ, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium
[2] Univ Quebec Montreal, Ecole Sci Gest, Montreal, PQ H3C 1P8, Canada
关键词
ORGANIZATIONAL LEGITIMACY; IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; DISCLOSURES; EXPLANATIONS; PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRY; BLAME; ATTRIBUTIONS; INCENTIVES;
D O I
10.1016/j.aos.2008.02.005
中图分类号
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
Using a direct measure of environmental legitimacy, we explore the impact of annual report environmental disclosures and environmental press releases as legitimation tools. The sample comprises North American firms (Canada and the United States). The results obtained show that environmental legitimacy is significantly and positively affected by the quality of the economic-based segments of annual report environmental disclosures and by reactive environmental press releases, but not by proactive press releases. Moreover, our results suggest that negative media legitimacy is a driver of environmental press releases but not Of annual report environmental disclosures. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页数:27
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