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• 1999

  Ph.D

  Strategic Management

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  A general theory of organizational stigma

  Devers

  C.E.

  Dewett

  T.

  Mishina

  Y.

  & Belsito

  C.A. 2009. A general theory of organizational stigma. Organization Science. 20(1): 154-171.\n\nIn recent years

  the term stigma has been widely applied to organizations. However

  scholars have yet to advance a theoretically consistent definition or comprehensive theory of organizational stigma. The purpose of this paper is to define the construct of organizational stigma and provide a general theory that explains the conditions under which organizational stigmas are likely to arise

  how this process unfolds

  and the initial effects stigmas inflict on organizations. In doing so

  we distinguish organizational stigma from both individual-level stigma and the organizational-level constructs of reputation

  status

  celebrity

  and legitimacy. We then build upon multiple streams of research to develop a richer theoretical explanation of the roles social context

  social processes

  and social actors play in the origination and effects of an organizational stigma.

  A general theory of organizational stigma

  Devers

  Tulane University

  Texas A&M University

  University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Michigan State University

  Tulane University

  Michigan State University

  East Lansing

  MI

  Associate Professor

  Bryan/College Station

  Texas Area

  Lawrence Fouracker Professor of Management

  Mays Business School\nFellow

  Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation

  Oxford England

  Professor

  Texas A&M University

  University of Wisconsin-Madison