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Fostering the social license to operate: An integrative framework of organizational antecedents

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  • Baba, Sofiane
  • Mercier, Naoko
  • Guesthier, Andrée-Anne

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•We need a more integrative framework for understanding what organizational antecedents help foster a social license.•This paper presents a framework delineating three organizational levels for the cultivation of a social license.•A social license relies on strategy at the organizational level, operational functionality, and individual action.

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  • Baba, Sofiane & Mercier, Naoko & Guesthier, Andrée-Anne, 2024. "Fostering the social license to operate: An integrative framework of organizational antecedents," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jrpoli:v:89:y:2024:i:c:s0301420723012497
    DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.104538
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