Reputation and legitimacy: Key factors for Higher Education Institutions’ sustained competitive advantage

Miotto, Giorgia; Del-Castillo-Feito, Cristina; Blanco‐González, Alicia

doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.11.076

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“…In many cases, concepts such as social responsibility, ethics, triple bottom line, corporate governance, social accountability or sustainability are used indistinctly, and there is no universal definition of each of them [20][21][22][23]. From our point of view, these concepts share some elements and are related to each other.…”

Section: What Is Sustainable Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thus, many universities today actively seek to integrate education for sustainable development in their various activities, not only in the curriculum and in research, but in operations, management, assessment and reporting, and in the relationship with internal and external stakeholders as well [22,37,42,43]. In fact, there is a growing interest in academic literature in the concept of University Social Responsibility (USR).…”

Section: The Role Of Higher Education In Sustainable Development and mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…"USR is a philosophy, or principle for social movement, which can be perceived as a philosophy of a university to use an ethical approach to develop and engage with the local and global community in order to sustain the social, ecological, environmental, technical, and economic development" [45] (p. 165). This responsibility "to work for people's lives improvement and for global important issue solutions" is sometimes refer to as the "third university's mission" [22] (pp. 60-61), adding to the development of teaching activities and knowledge transfer.…”

Section: The Role Of Higher Education In Sustainable Development and mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This word comprises eight key competencies: "(1) competency in foresighted thinking; (2) competency in interdisciplinary work; (3) competency in cosmopolitan perception, transcultural understanding and cooperation; (4) participatory skills; (5) competency in planning and implementation; (6) capacity for empathy, compassion and solidarity; (7) competency in self-motivation and in motivating others; and (8) competency in distanced reflection on individual and cultural models" [14] (pp. [22][23][24][25].…”

Section: Sustainability Competencies In Higher Education Curriculamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Defining Sustainability Core Competencies in Business and Management Studies Based on Multinational Stakeholders’ Perceptions

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One of the concerns in our time is the need to integrate economic, social and environmental aspects, which is known as sustainable development. The role of higher education is essential for providing future professionals with the necessary profiles to respond to the sustainability challenges in increasingly complex and global contexts. That is why numerous authors have sought to define key competencies, skills and learning outcomes for sustainability. However, there is still no agreement on what these key competencies for sustainability in higher education really are. For that reason, the objective of this paper is to determine which are the sustainability core competencies, considering three different geographical regions (Europe, Latin America, and Central Asia), and the perspective of four different stakeholders (graduates, employers, students and academics). The framework of the research is the development of the so-called Tuning projects, which aim to design comparable and compatible higher education degrees in different regions of the world, based on student-centered and competency-based learning. Using an exploratory factor analysis (EFA), the results of this study reveal the existence of a factor intimately related to sustainability, which includes competencies such as commitment to the preservation of the environment, social responsibility or respect for diversity and multiculturality, among others.

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Section: What Is Sustainable Developmentmentioning

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Defining Sustainability Core Competencies in Business and Management Studies Based on Multinational Stakeholders’ Perceptions

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“…Company legitimacy derives from the recognition of its positive impact and is very important for the survival of organizations, because it ensures the flow of necessary resources to feed their activities [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

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Gender Equality and UN Sustainable Development Goals: Priorities and Correlations in the Top Business Schools’ Communication and Legitimation Strategies

2019

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Gender equality is still an issue in business schools, since women in MBAs classrooms, in faculty and in management teams have low representation. Challenges caused by lack of financial aids, salaries gap and a very masculine model avoid a better gender balance in the business graduate schools, which, globally, should lead women personal and professional development. The main objective of this research is to analyse business schools communication priorities related to gender equality projects and policies in their sustainability reports, considering these as a fundamental tool for corporate legitimacy. Through a content analysis of the sustainable reports of the top 50 business schools of the world, we elaborate a “Codes Frequency Report” focusing on “Goal 4: quality of education” (in relation with scholarships and grants allocation) and “Goal 5: gender equality” and we explore the correlations with the schools’ ranking positions, the price of the MBA programmes, the percentage of female MBA students, of female faculty members and women in board of directors in the different geographical areas as Europe, US and Asia. Results show that gender equality related topics are a source of positive impact and legitimacy for top business schools.

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The impact of fast fashion retailers' sustainable collections on corporate legitimacy: Examining the mediating role of altruistic attributions

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2020

J of Consumer Behaviour

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In the context of the fast fashion industry, this study examined the efficacy of sustainable collections in achieving corporate legitimacy. We examine the ethical branding and organizational legitimacy relationship in the context of the fast fashion industry. We conducted an online experiment with the use of Amazon MTurk in the Unites States. The data were collected from female fast fashion users (N = 389). The data analysis revealed that fast fashion retailers' sustainable collections had a positive impact on corporate legitimacy, CSR perception, brand trust, and purchase intention. This study also uncovered that the company's sustainable collections increased consumers' attributions to altruistic motives and consumers' altruistic attributions had a positive influence on corporate legitimacy, CSR perception, brand trust, and purchase intention. Furthermore, this study found the mediating role of altruistic attributions in explaining the impact of sustainable collections on these four outcome variables. Regarding the sustainable collections' design and production, managerial implications are described as the need to communicate the ethical approach and efforts.

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Reputation and legitimacy: Key factors for Higher Education Institutions’ sustained competitive advantage

Cited by 128 publications

References 105 publications

Defining Sustainability Core Competencies in Business and Management Studies Based on Multinational Stakeholders’ Perceptions

Defining Sustainability Core Competencies in Business and Management Studies Based on Multinational Stakeholders’ Perceptions

Gender Equality and UN Sustainable Development Goals: Priorities and Correlations in the Top Business Schools’ Communication and Legitimation Strategies

The impact of fast fashion retailers' sustainable collections on corporate legitimacy: Examining the mediating role of altruistic attributions

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