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Research article

First published 2025-10

Legitimacy Tests: Theorizing legitimacy as justification work

Gerardo Patriotta, Grace Augustine, Maxim Voronov

Organization Theory

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Research article

First published 2005-12

Legitimacy,Public Relations,and Media Access: Proposing and Testing a Media Access Model

Youngmin Yoon

Communication Research

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Research article

First published 2024-5

COVAX versus Sinovac: A test for the legitimacy of the World Health Organization in South East Asia

Irene Landini, Daniela Sicurelli

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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Research article

First published 2005-06

Why Do People Accept Public Policies They Oppose? Testing Legitimacy Theory with a Survey-Based Experiment

James L. Gibson, Gregory A. Caldeira, Lester Kenyatta Spence

Political Research Quarterly

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Research article

First published 2017-11

Updating Supreme Court Legitimacy: Testing the “Rule,Learn,Update” Model of Political Communication

James L. Gibson, Miguel M. Pereira, Jeffrey Ziegler

American Politics Research

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Research article

First published 2020-3

Testing a Theoretical Model of Perceived Audience Legitimacy: The Neglected Linkage in the Dialogic Model of Police–community Relations

Justin Nix, Justin T. Pickett, Scott E. Wolfe

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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Brief report

First published 2026

Investigating the Legitimacy of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids in Australia’s Unregulated Market Using Community Testing Data

Benjamin Bonenti, Alison Craven, Jason Ferris [...]

Substance Use & Addiction Journal

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Editorial

First published 2022-4

On the Power and Legitimacy of Follow-Up Testing

Christopher Tyler

Perception

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Research article

First published 2023-11

The Ignored Legitimation Paradox of Northern Technology-based New Ventures Encountering Southern Contexts: Case Study of a French e-Books Company

Amira Laifi, Yabo Octave Niamié, Olivier Germain

The Journal of Entrepreneurship

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Research article

First published 1974-12

Commitment of Audience,and Legitimacy and Attitudinal Stance of Communicator: A Test of the “Woodwork” Hypothesis

Charles A. Kiesler, Michael S. Pallak, Richard Archer

Psychological Reports

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