Reputational spillovers: Evidence from French architecture. (November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Boutinot, Amélie; Ansari, Shahzad (Shaz); Belkhouja, Mustapha; Mangematin, Vincent
• Is Part Of: Strategic organization. Volume 13:Number 4(2015:Nov.)
• Page Start: 284
• Page End: 306
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Subjects: Architecture -- creative industries -- reputation -- selection-system theory -- spillover effects; Management -- Periodicals; Organization -- Periodicals; Business planning -- Periodicals; Strategic planning -- Periodicals; Gestion stratégique; Planification stratégique; Théorie des organisations; Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 658.4012
• DOI: 10.1177/1476127015597581
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1476-1270

Abstract

While the notion of reputation has attracted much scholarly interest, few studies have addressed the strategic issue of reputational multiplicity and managing the interactions among different types of reputations. We suggest that an organization can have several stakeholder-specific reputations—peer, market, and expert—and that reputational spillover effects (the continued influence of one reputation on another) matter at the organizational level. We test reputational spillovers on 42 French architecture companies over a period of 30 years. Our results show that over time, the three reputations interact with each other, generating positive spillovers, with the exception of market and expert reputations. We contribute by explaining how interconnected organizational reputations among different stakeholders can interact over time, how companies can strategically manage reputational spillovers, and how such spillovers influence organizations in creative and professional industries.