Proceedings: Conference on Corporate Communication 2012 Page 1
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We Hear What They Say<br />
The Local Museum in the Media<br />
Gertrud Latif Knudsen<br />
Centre for <strong>Corporate</strong> Communicati<strong>on</strong><br />
Department of Communicati<strong>on</strong><br />
Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences<br />
Aarhus University, Denmark<br />
gk@asb.dk<br />
The purpose of this paper is to questi<strong>on</strong> whether the noti<strong>on</strong> of organizati<strong>on</strong>al legitimacy can be<br />
utilized when analyzing external stakeholders expectati<strong>on</strong>s in a qualitative media analysis. Here<br />
themes are used to categorize stakeholders’ expectati<strong>on</strong>s to a city museum as depicted in local<br />
media. Organizati<strong>on</strong>al members mirrored external percepti<strong>on</strong>s of the museum but external<br />
stakeholders also mirror other external stakeholders images of the city museum. Therefore,<br />
stakeholder management theory should account for the dynamic relati<strong>on</strong>s between external<br />
stakeholder groups. Managing stakeholders based <strong>on</strong> themes is presented as a strategic approach<br />
for small museums. From this, the legitimacy framework could be used to select and display a<br />
“yes we hear what you say” approach towards external stakeholders.<br />
Keywords: Stakeholder management, Organizati<strong>on</strong>al legitimacy, Qualitative media analysis,<br />
City museum.<br />
Abstracts of <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Proceedings</str<strong>on</strong>g>: <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Corporate</strong> Communicati<strong>on</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
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