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What determines the audiences that public service organisations target for reputation management

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ID6327408
AuthorsJan Boon (0000-0003-0580-0069, University of Antwerp), Koen Verhoest (0000-0002-5467-3820, University of Antwerp), Jan Wynen (0000-0003-1456-968X, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands)
Year2020
Volume48
Issue2
Pages295-314
Publication date2020-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442
PublisherBristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/030557319x15613697611542
OpenAlexW2972997404
LanguageEN
Citations received22
References cited33

Why do public sector organisations target different stakeholder audiences in their reputation management? Despite the recognition that reputation management is an audience-based exercise, the field lacks studies that systematically analyse which audiences matter for reputation management by different public service organisations. This article examines reputation management by public service organisation in a multi-audience framework. The relevance of different audiences is surveyed at public service organisations that differ in formal-legal distance from government, task, size and environmental turbulence. The strongest and broadest effects are found for more autonomous organisations, who focus their reputation management more on politicians in general and the media and less on their directly responsible Minister

Business · Government (linguistics · Political science · Public relations · Public sector · Public service · Relevance (law · Reputation · Reputation management · Service (business · Stakeholder · Corporate Identity and Reputation · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Marketing

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Citation span2020 - 2026 (7)
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