Organizations today operate in an environment shaped by social media, stakeholder activism, political polarization, and rapid information flows. This Special Issue explores how social evaluations – including reputation, legitimacy, status, celebrity, and stigma – are formed, challenged, and managed in an increasingly complex world.
Drawing on diverse contexts, the collection examines how organizations and leaders navigate public scrutiny, digital platforms, social movements, and evolving stakeholder expectations. Together, these papers offer fresh insights into the forces shaping organizational perceptions and their consequences for strategy, leadership, and performance.
Read the full issue here: Managing Social Evaluations in a Complex and Evolving World or browse the individual articles below.
Keeping Up With the Times? Rethinking Social Evaluations Research Under Contemporary Technological and Sociopolitical Forces by Marco Clemente, Michael Etter, Yuliya Snihur, Gokhan Ertug, Graffin Scott, and Anastasiya Zavyalova
Counter-Stigmatization in the Digital Age: The Case of the Sex Tech Award Incident by Neva Bojovic, Raghu Garud, and Jacob A. Klopp
Rating Anticipation and Strategic Downward Selection in Consumer-Generated Rating Systems: Evidence from a Peer-to-Peer Platform Market by Yanhua Bird
The Power of Posting: An Examination of CEO Social Media Celebrity by Ann Mooney, Ruixiang Song, and Yangyang Zhang
When Opposites Don’t Attract: The New Information Environment, Polarization, and What Happens to Social Evaluations When ‘The World Goes to Hell in a Handbasket’ by Timothy G. Pollock, and Violina P. Rindova
CEO Activism and Corporate Reputation: How Authenticity and CSR Mitigate Stakeholder Misalignment by Lambert Zixin Li, and Sarah A. Soule
Unveiling Propriety, Validity and Consensus: A Multi-level Examination of Legitimacy Following the Global Financial Crisis by Patrick Haack, Jost Sieweke, and Michael D. Pfarrer
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