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The cultural approach to studies of arts and media organizations presented in this chapter takes into consideration both strategic and non-strategic actions, and internal and external motivations for actions, in seeking to understand the dynamics of organizational legitimation work. Rather than simply approaching organizations as strategic actors responding to pressures from their social surroundings in their pursuit of legitimacy, this approach treats legitimacy as a social process, and an endless, ongoing, contingent accomplishment of the cultural work and performances of various actors. Through a discussion of theories emanating from cultural sociology, Larsen is advancing a cultural sociology of organizations.

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Larsen, H. (2016). A Cultural Approach to Studies of Arts and Media Organizations. In: Performing Legitimacy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31047-3_1

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