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Strategic Silence: Withholding Certification Status as a Hypocrisy Avoidance Tactic

Strategic Silence: Withholding Certification Status as a Hypocrisy Avoidance Tactic

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Strategic Silence: Withholding Certification Status as a Hypocrisy Avoidance Tactic

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Strategic Silence: Withholding Certification Status as a Hypocrisy Avoidance Tactic

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Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications, Inc

Journal title

Administrative science quarterly, 2018-03, Vol.63 (1), p.130-169

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English

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Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications, Inc

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Contents

We examine why organizations that obtain prominent certifications may at times elect not to publicize them. Drawing on the impression management literature, we argue and show that concerns about being perceived as hypocritical may cause organizations to strategically withhold their certification status. Using a longitudinal panel of corporations th...

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Strategic Silence: Withholding Certification Status as a Hypocrisy Avoidance Tactic

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1993252943

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1993252943

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ISSN

0001-8392

E-ISSN

1930-3815

DOI

10.1177/0001839217695089

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