Sub-theme 05: [SWG] Leveraging upon Social Evaluations in Organizations, Industries, and Society
Convenors:
Alexandre B. Bitektine, JMSB – Concordia University, Canada
Marco Clemente, ZHAW School of Management and Law, Switzerland
Laura Illia, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Session Time Corridor 1: Thursday, July 09, 09:00 to 12:00, Virtual Colloquium (Digivents)
Stigma, Crisis, and Organizational Misconduct I & Digital Media and Social Evaluation
Chair: Marco Clemente & Laura Illia
Lingchuan Song, Jinbo Song and Bryant A. Hudson
Rising from the ashes: Removing core stigma through cross-level interactions
Discussant(s): Sarah Bützler and co-author(s)
Thais Loss da Veiga and Fernando Vianna
Navigating ethical tensions in digital entrepreneurship: Managing legitimacy across platforms
Discussant(s): Kirti Pinjani
Nicole Giorgi and Laura Illia
Making prohibited routes look walkable: the memetic legitimation of illegalized mobility on TikTok
Discussant(s): Michael Etter and co-author(s)
Jule Holmer, Verena Hossnofsky and Sebastian Junge
Moral Insurance or Moral Deficit? Relational Dynamics in the Moral Evaluation of Stigmatized Organizations
Discussant(s): Gualtieri and co-author(s)
Sarah Bützler and Mike Geppert
Contained vs. Contested Evaluation: Power Dynamics in Social Evaluations Discourse on Nuclear Energy in France and Germany
After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Discussant(s): Holmer and co-author(s)
Kirti Pinjani
Echoes of Ideology: Legitimacy of Corporate Social Advocacy in a Polarized Media Landscape
Discussant(s): Nicole Giorgi and co-author(s)
Gastone Gualtieri, Rasmus Pichler, Marco Clemente and Thomas Roulet
That’s a scandal... For you! When and how organizational scandals foster polarization by decoupling Overton windows
Discussant(s): Lingchuan and co-author(s)
Michael Etter, Marta Pizzetti, Simone Mariconda and Patrick Haack
Defending Truth with Social Proof: The Role of a Good Reputation for Fake News Responses
Discussant(s): Thais Losa da Veiga and co-author(s)
Session Time Corridor 2: Thursday, July 09, 16:00 to 18:00, Virtual Colloquium (Digivents)
Social Evaluations, Legitimacy & Categories
Chair: Alexandre Bitektine
Chetan Chawla
The categorical conundrum: Audience multiplicity during category emergence
Discussant(s): Joaquin Cestino and co-author(s)
Tiffany Yau, Tyler Wry, Christopher Bruno and Tyler Wry
From Fame to Frame: Effects of Tokenism and Categorical Distinctiveness in Entrepreneurship
Discussant(s): Chetan Chawla
Joaquin Cestino, Dinara Tokbaeva and Leona Achtenhagen
When propriety and validity diverge:
A process theory of legitimacy borrowing
Discussant(s): Ziwen Chen
Ziwen Chen
The Whiteness Penalty: How Fashion Markets Revalue Racialized Signals
Discussant(s): Lajos Szabo and co-author(s)
Lajos Szabo, Mara Brumana, Giovanna Campopiano, Giovanna Magnani, Giovanna Campopiano and Giovanna Magnani
Beyond foreignness: Family firm legitimacy across borders
Discussant(s): Tiffany Yau and co-author(s)
Session Time Corridor 3: Friday, July 10, 09:00 to 12:00, Virtual Colloquium (Digivents)
Stigma, Crisis and Organizational Misconduct II & Gender, Diversity, and Social Evaluation
Chair: Marco Clemente & Laura Illia
Wilson O. Odek
Embracing Selective Assimilation: The Case of Tribal Actors Overcoming Marginalization and Trivialization
Discussant(s): Hanno Schneider and co-author(s)
Daniela Iubatti, Carla Carolina Rua Gomez and Carla Rua
Schema re-coding: How social movements reshape audience evaluation for female-typed offerings
Discussant(s): Wilson O. Odek
Aqib Hossain
CEO employee approval as a social evaluation: Internal legitimacy and corporate misconduct
Discussant(s): Esther R. Maier
Daniel Waeger, Marie-Ann Betschinger, Sebastian Hafenbrädl, Alaric Bourgoin, Marie-Ann Betschinger and Alaric Bourgoin
After the Backlash: CEO Flip-Flopping and Social Evaluations in Sustainability Controversies
Discussant(s): Aqib Hossain
Fakhrossadat Ghamkhari and Isam Faik
When technology can’t speak back: proxy voices and multi-directional stigmatization in AI failures
Discussant(s): Daniel Waeger and co-author(s)
Hanno Schneider and Sebastian Kruse
Comparative social evaluations in CEO succession: Personality divergence and CEO dismissal
Discussant(s): Zeyong Cao and co-author(s)
Esther R. Maier
#WE Charity: Navigating a reputational crisis in the new media landscape
Discussant(s): Fakhrossadat Ghamkhari and coauthor(s)
Session Time Corridor 4: Friday, July 10, 16:00 to 18:15, Virtual Colloquium (Digivents)
Organizational Purpose & Social Evaluations
Chair: Alexandre Bitektine
Roja Alexandra Ratzinger, Claudio Biscaro and Pier Vittorio Mannucci
Creative denial: Exploring uncharted paths
Discussant(s): Theresia Harrer
Hikaru Kinouchi Imagawa, Yasutaka Jikuya and Yasutaka Jikuya
Entrepreneurial Storytelling and Investor Evaluation Under Uncertainty: A Process Model of Social Evaluation and Narrative
Adaptation
Discussant(s): Roja Alexandra Ratzinger and co-authors
Theresia Harrer
Developing a Capacity to Trust: Sustaining Action under Chronic Uncertainty
Discussant(s): Lorenzo Lesana
Pavlos Vlachos, Adam Kay, Patrick Haack and Matthieu Légeret
DEI BACKTRACKING: HOW POLITICAL IDEOLOGY SHAPES LEGITIMACY JUDGMENTS AND CONSUMER BACKLASH
Discussant(s): Hikaru Kinouchi Imagawa and co-author(s)
Lorenzo Lesana and Romain Boulongne
Shaping perspectives: how corporate sustainability commitment influences employees' evaluation of their company
Discussant(s): Pavlos A. Vlachos and co-authors
Session Time Corridor 5: Saturday, July 11, 08:00 to 12:30, Virtual Colloquium (Digivents)

