Recent work on organizational stigma considers corporate misconduct to be a stigmatizing
act, and has confirmed many negative consequences that follow from it. This paper uses …

Contributing to the literature on stigma and re-legitimation, this paper examines two ways
organizations may dampen the penalties associated with admissions of misconduct. Using a …

In this article, I address the question of the apportionment of the consequences of
organizational misconduct to individual members of the organizational elite. I argue that this …

Organizational stigma is widely assumed to be a serious liability. However, a small body of
research has begun to show that stigma can also lead to positive outcomes. A core …

An old proverb says:“Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are.” There is a
paradoxical truth in this proverb that aptly suggests how association with others also shapes …

Since its introduction as a concept, organizational stigma has become central to explaining
how organizations or industries become tainted, and how they overcome and manage such …

Prior research finds that the public revelation of misconduct leads to severe career penalties
for managers, raising an interesting question about whether managers can avoid career …

Organizational stigma is a useful adaptation of the concept of social stigma, which can be
used to understand why some organizations are saddled with the image of being socially …

Prior research finds that the public revelation of misconduct leads to severe career penalties
for managers, raising an interesting question about whether managers can avoid career …

I apply stigma-management strategies to corporate scandals and expand on past research
by (a) describing a particular type of stigma management strategy that involves accepting …