{"id":1521,"date":"2021-05-25T23:40:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T21:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaa-online.org\/arc\/blog\/blog\/how-communicate-and-use-accounting-ensure-buy-stakeholders-lessons-organizations-governments\/"},"modified":"2021-05-25T23:40:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T21:40:04","slug":"how-communicate-and-use-accounting-ensure-buy-stakeholders-lessons-organizations-governments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaa-online.org\/arc\/blog\/2021\/05\/25\/how-communicate-and-use-accounting-ensure-buy-stakeholders-lessons-organizations-governments\/","title":{"rendered":"How to communicate and use accounting to ensure buy-in from stakeholders: lessons for organizations from governments&#8217; COVID-19 strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;comic sans ms&quot;, cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Happy to share a paper published in Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, and developed with Charl de&nbsp; Villiers&nbsp;during my visiting period at The University of Auckland, New Zealand.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, Ubuntu, Oxygen, &quot;Oxygen Sans&quot;, Cantarell, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Lucida Grande&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: inherit !important;\" \/><br \/>\n\t<span style=\"font-family: &quot;comic sans ms&quot;, cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Our paper aims at understanding how communication strategies and the use of numbers can ensure the buy-in and cooperation of stakeholders by drawing on legitimacy theory.&nbsp;<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, Ubuntu, Oxygen, &quot;Oxygen Sans&quot;, Cantarell, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Lucida Grande&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: inherit !important;\" \/><br \/>\n\t<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, Ubuntu, Oxygen, &quot;Oxygen Sans&quot;, Cantarell, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Lucida Grande&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: inherit !important;\" \/><br \/>\n\tWe find that clear, consistent and credible communications, backed up by open access to the numerical data that underlie the decisions, ensure that these decisions are seen as legitimate, ensure that citizens\/stakeholders feel leaders are accountable and believe in the necessity of measures taken and that they conform to the guidelines and rules. By contrast, the strategy of attempting to withhold information, blaming others, refusing to acknowledge that there are problems and refusing to address problems lead to non-conformance by citizens\/stakeholders. Business leaders could apply these lessons to the management of crises in their organizations to ensure buy-in from employees and other stakeholders. Leaders and organizations that follow these communication strategies can emerge in a stronger position than before the crisis.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: &quot;comic sans ms&quot;, cursive;\">Please find the full paper here:&nbsp;https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/AAAJ-08-2020-4791\/full\/html&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;comic sans ms&quot;, cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Matteo Molinari (matteo.molinari@unisi.it), University of Siena &#8211; Italy&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy to share a paper published in Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, and developed with Charl de&nbsp; Villiers&nbsp;during my visiting period at The University of Auckland, New Zealand.&nbsp; Our paper aims at understanding how communication strategies and the use of numbers can ensure the buy-in and cooperation of stakeholders by drawing on legitimacy theory.&nbsp; 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