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Business Legitimacy among Business Students in the United States, Great Britain, and South Africa |
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| Authors: | Lori M. Zalka Meredith Downes Shawnta S. Friday Susan R. Perry Karen Paul Russell Abratt Peter Curwen |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Management and International Business, Florida International University, University Park, Miami, Florida, 33199, U.S.A;(2) Department of Management and Quantitative Methods, Illinois State University, 315 Williams Hall, Normal, Illinois, 61751, U.S.A;(3) School of Business and Industry, Florida A&M University, 1 SBI Plaza, Tallahassee, Florida, 32307, U.S.A;(4) Department of Management, Florida Atlantic University, 220 S.E. 2nd Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 33301, U.S.A;(5) Department of Marketing and Business Environment, Florida International University, North Campus, North Miami, Florida, 33181, U.S.A;(6) The Graduate School of Business Administration, University of the Witwatersrand, 2 St. David's Place, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa;(7) Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, 113 Arundel Street, Sheffield, S1 2NT, U.K |
| Abstract: | This study compares attitudes toward business legitimacy in three countries. Positive attitudes toward business legitimacy exist when there is a congruence between organizational activities and societal expectations. Businesses are concerned about the extent to which negative attitudes toward business legitimacy will lead to increased government regulation. The results suggest that business students in all three countries are similar in their attitudes toward business legitimacy; however, blacks have more negative attitudes toward business legitimacy than do whites. This study resulted in the validation of a scale that can be used to measure attitudes toward business legitimacy on a cross-cultural basis. Business legitimacy is a major concern in South Africa as the predominately white business community seeks to give the emerging black majority a stake in the existing economic system. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
| Keywords: | business legitimacy comparative management demographic characteristics South Africa |
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