TY - T1 - Micro-political perspectives on multinational corporations: Legitimation, stereotyping and recontextualization SN - 978-952-232-247-0 (printed); 978-952-232-248-7 (PDF) / 0424-7256 (printed); 2242-699X (PDF) UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/135665 T3 - Economics and Society – 278 A1 - Koveshnikov, Alexei A2 - PB - Svenska handelshögskolan Y1 - 2014 LA - en AB - Multinational corporations (MNC) are often presented as powerful but ‘faceless’ institutional actors that shape the world we live in. However, we have lately seen increasing interest in actual ‘faces,’ that is the key actors, behind the MNC’s functioning in relation to the cases of fraud and bankruptcy that, together with other factors, led to the severe financial crisis at the end of 2000s. The cases of Enron and Lehman Brothers easily come to mind. It raised concerns that power abuses and tric... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - multinational corporation; micro-politics; power; agency; context; legitimation; stereotyping; recontextualization; Russia; Finland; sensemaking; identity; knowledge transfer; trust; discourse; Management and Organisation N1 - PP - ER -