Through an online survey of community residents living nearby the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), this study examined how high-risk organizations can communicate organizational legitimacy, and how legitimacy perception may affect public trust and risk perceptions. Results illustrated the importance of transparent and consistent communication in organizational legitimacy-building, as well as the role of legitimacy, especially for high-risk organizations, to garner public trust, to ease public uncertainty, and to increase public preparedness.

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高风险设施的组织合法性：以 NBAF 为例

通过对居住在国家生物和农业防御设施 (NBAF) 附近的社区居民的在线调查，本研究调查了高风险组织如何传达组织合法性，以及合法性认知如何影响公众信任和风险认知。结果表明透明和一致的沟通在组织合法性建设中的重要性，以及合法性的作用，特别是对于高风险组织，以获得公众信任、缓解公众不确定性和提高公众准备。