Communicating Identity
The Use of Core Value Statements in Regulative Institutions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11103802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arild Wæraas (0000-0002-7233-3571, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 526-549 |
| Publication date | 2010-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Administration & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0095-3997 • E-ISSN: 1552-3039 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0095399710377435 |
| OpenAlex | W3125781340 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 49 |
This study analyzes the core value statements of 25 regulative institutions located in 11 different OECD countries. Four types of institutions are studied: six tax agencies, six food safety authorities, four environmental protection agencies, and nine supreme audit institutions. The study shows that there is a clear emphasis on people-related and professional values. Based on these findings, I argue that regulative organizations, which we normally would assume need legitimacy for their authoritative role and coercive powers, attempt to become identified with values that imply a more lenient identity, distancing themselves from the more “traditional” authoritative and bureaucratic identity. Potential implications for organizational legitimation are discussed
Audit · Bureaucracy · Business · Distancing · Identity (music · Legitimacy · Legitimation · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Accounting · Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Regulation and Compliance Studies
Research in Organizational Behavior
Content analysis
Institutions and organizations
Organization Theory and the Public Sector
Constructing Organizations
Classifying Managerial Responses to Multiple Organizational Identities
Acquiring Organizational Legitimacy Through Illegitimate Actions
Managerial Fads and Fashions
Universals in the Content and Structure of Values
Leadership in administration
Suggestions for a Sociological Approach to the Theory of Organizations.I
Sorting Out Public Values? On the Contingency of Value Classification in Public Administration
Public Information Campaigns as Policy Instruments
Value Solidity in Government and Business
Integrating Values into Public Service
Public Values
Reconciling Competing Values in Public Administration
The Legitimacy Crisis and the New Progressivism
What’s Valued Most? Similarities and Differences Between the Organizational Values of the Public and Private Sector
Reflexive Watchdogs? How Supreme Audit Institutions Account for Themselves
The Post-Bureaucratic Organization and Public Service Values 1
Supreme Audit Institutions and their communication strategies
Managing Value Conflict in Public Policy
The Challenges of Modernizing Tax Administration
Organizational Legitimacy
A Public Management for All Seasons
Lasting Marriages
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |