• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Legitimisation of Social Economy Entities: Theoretical Framework for Analysis in Polish Conditions
  • Contributor: Marzec, Małgorzata
  • imprint: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2021
  • Published in: International Journal of Contemporary Management
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.2478/ijcm-2021-0003
  • ISSN: 2449-8939
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  • Description: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:sec id="j_ijcm-2021-0003_s_008"> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>In the literature one can find studies on the legitimacy of the political system or institutions (organs) of power. There are no studies on legitimacy from the point of view of social economy entities. Social perception is a factor that influences the success of social economy entities.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec id="j_ijcm-2021-0003_s_009"> <jats:title>Research aims</jats:title> <jats:p>The author set out to adapt the conceptual (semantic) apparatus to the analysis of legitimacy in relation to institutions operating in the social economy sector.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec id="j_ijcm-2021-0003_s_010"> <jats:title>Methodology</jats:title> <jats:p>The article has a theoretical character and presents the importance of the concept of legitimacy in the environment of social entrepreneurship (conceptual paper). The thesis the author will try to prove is that legitimisation of social economy entities is an essential element of the functioning of the social sector. The analysis was made on the basis of Polish conditions.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec id="j_ijcm-2021-0003_s_011"> <jats:title>Findings</jats:title> <jats:p>The analysis of planes and factors shaping the legitimacy of social economy entities seems interesting. Summarising the results of the research, it can be seen that the category of legitimacy, combined with the acceptance and legal validation of the activities of individual entities, as well as the entire social economy system, can be useful.</jats:p> </jats:sec>