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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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