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This paper analyzes legitimation practices of international organisations in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic. We analyse a sample of 252 major international governmental organisations (IGOs) and 250 international non-governmental organisations (INGOs), using information collected from their websites in September-December 2020. We seek to u...
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... the research literature in this area maintains that INGOs are very dependent on their public image, this seems to suggest that a large proportion of them engaged in projects categorised as behavioural legitimation, and did not make a big deal out of it by emphasizing their role in managing the crisis. Differences in types of symbolic legitimation between IOs of different size and policy scope tell the same story of conformism that was discussed in the previous section (see Tables 5 and 6). As seen in Table 5, big IGOs tended to discuss their role in tackling the crisis and highlight the importance of their mission, even in the new, post-pandemic world -more than declaring compliance with pandemic-related regulations and guidelines. ...Context 2
... in types of symbolic legitimation between IOs of different size and policy scope tell the same story of conformism that was discussed in the previous section (see Tables 5 and 6). As seen in Table 5, big IGOs tended to discuss their role in tackling the crisis and highlight the importance of their mission, even in the new, post-pandemic world -more than declaring compliance with pandemic-related regulations and guidelines. Furthermore, IGOs that responded to pandemics in the past were more likely than others to portray themselves as having an important role in mitigating the crisis. ...Similar publications
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