Legitimating a Chinese takeover of an Australian iconic firm
Revisiting models of media discourse of legitimacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12253522 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yunxia Zhu (0000-0001-8251-8791, The University of Queensland Business School, Australia, corresponding author), Bernard Mckenna (0000-0001-7092-4944, The University of Queensland Business School, Australia) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 525-552 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0957-9265 • E-ISSN: 1460-3624 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0957926512452971 |
| OpenAlex | W2102269305 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 58 |
Although increasing research attention has been given to the discourse of legitimacy in assisting mergers and acquisitions in Scandinavian countries, scarce research has been done on this topic in different geopolitical contexts. This study therefore aims to investigate the discursive struggle of delegitimizing a Chinese state-owned company investment in the Australian mining sector. We used a historical critical approach to further develop the theoretical and empirical capacity for analysing legitimacy discourses. Specifically, we have extended the research on the discourse of legitimacy research in three aspects. First, we have identified political-ideological discourse as a prominent discourse in addition to the commonly acknowledged rationalistic and nationalistic discourse. Second, we have found that the use of legitimation strategies is purposive and deliberate. Moralization strategy, in particular, was extensively used in a range of discourses (rationalistic, nationalistic and political-ideological) to delegitimize the proposed merger as not being aligned with the national interest. As a result, the legitimacy discourse failed and the deal collapsed
Civil discourse · Critical discourse analysis · Discourse analysis · Geopolitics · Ideology · Legitimacy · Legitimation · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.93 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |