CONSTRUCTING SYMBOLIC VALUE THROUGH CATEGORIZATION TOOLS THE ROLE OF RANKINGS IN BUILDING BUSINESS SCHOOLS REPUTATION

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-III).20      10.31703/gssr.2018(III-III).20      Published : Sep 3
Authored by : SyedHaiderKhalil , FahadSultan , MuhammadTufail

20 Pages : 354-377

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  • AACSB. (2011). Globalisation of management education: Changing international structures, adaptive strategies, and the impact on institutions: Report of the AACSB international globalisation of management education task force. Bingley
  • Askehave, I. (2007). The impact of marketization on higher education genre: The international student prospectus as a case in point. Discourse Studies, 9(6), 723-742.
  • Bennett, R., & Gabriel, H. (2001). Reputation, trust and supplier commitment: The case of shipping company/seaport relations. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 16(6), 217-230.
  • Bowker, G. C., & Star, S. L. (1999). Sorting things out: Classification and its concequences. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
  • Boyatzis, R. E. (1998). Transforming qualitative information: Thematic analysis and code development. London: Sage Publications.
  • Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77-101.
  • Brown, M. A. (1996). Energy-efficient buildings: Doesthe marketplace work. New York: Oak Ridge National Lab.
  • Bunzel, D. L. (2007). Universities sell their brands. Journal of Product & Brand Management, 16(2), 152-153.
  • Campbell, M. C. (1999). Perceptions of price unfairness: antecedents and consequences. Journal of Marketing Research, 36(2), 187-199.
  • DiMaggio, P. J., & Powell, W. W. (1983). The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields. American Sociological Review, 52, 440-455.
  • Doherty, B., & Haugh, H. (2015). Fair trade in the frame: the role of rhetoric in market category creation and growth. In Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship Conference. Denver
  • Dolphin, R. R. (2004). Corporate reputation: A value creating strategy. Corporate Governance, 4(3), 77- 92.
  • Douglas, M. (1986). How instituions think. Syracuse. New York: Syracuse University Press.
  • Elsbach, K. D., & Kramer, R. M. (1996). Members' responses to organizational identity threats: Encountering and countering the Business Week rankings. Administrative Science Quarterly, 41(3), 442.
  • Fombrun, C. J., & Van Riel, C. B. M. (2004). Fame & fortune: How successful companies build winning reputations. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Financial Times Prentice Hall.
  • Hazelkorn, E. (2007). The impact of league tables and rankings systems on higher education decision-making. Higher Education Management and Policy, 19 (2)(2), 87-110.
  • Hazelkorn, E. (2011). Rankings and the reshaping of higher education: The battle for world-class excellence. New york: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • HEC. (2012). Higher education commission Pakistan: Annual report 2010-11. Retrieved May 6, 2013, from http://www.hec.gov.pk/MediaPublication/PublishingImages/Annual Report-2012
  • Hedmo, T. (2004). Rule making in the Transnational Space: The development of European Accrediation of Management Education. Uppsala University: Sweden. Retrieved from http://www.divaportal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:164890
  • Hemsley-Brown, J., & Goonawardana, S. (2007). Brand harmonization on the international higher education market. Journal of Business Research, 60(9), 942-948.
  • Herbig, P., & Milewicz, J. (1993). The relationship of reputation and credibility to brand success. Journal of Consumer Marketing, 10(3), 18-24.
  • Horn, R. E. (1983). Trialectics: Toward a Practical Logic of Unity. Lexington: Information Resources.
  • Khaire, M., & Wadhwani, R. D. (2010). Changing landscapes: The construction of meaning and value in a new market category - Modern Indian Art. Academy of Management Journal, 53, 1281-1304.
  • Lamont, M., & Molnár, V. (2002). The study of boundaries in the social sciences. Annual Review of Sociology, 28(1), 167-195.
  • Liu, N. C., & Cheng, Y. (2005). The academic ranking of world universities. Higher Education in Europe, 30(2), 127-136.
  • Martin, J. L. (2003). What is field theory? American Journal of Sociology, 109(1), 1-49.
  • Powell, W. W., & DiMaggio, P. J. (1991). The new instituionalism in organizational analysis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Power, M. (1997). The audit society: Rituals of verification. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Rao, H. (1994). The social construction of reputation: Certification contests, legitimation, and the survival of organisations in the American automobile industry. Strategic Management Journal, 15(1), 29-44.
  • Rao, H. (1998). Caveat emptor: The construction of consumer watchdog organisations. American Journal of Sociology, 103(4), 912-961.
  • Roberts, P. W., & Dowling, G. R. (2002). Corporate reputation and sustained superior financial performance. Strategic Management Journal, 23(12), 1077-1093.
  • Rosa, J. A., Porac, J. F., Runser-Spanjol, J., & Saxon, M. S. (1999). Sociocognitive dynamics in a product market. Journal of Marketing, 63, 64-77.
  • Scott, R. W. (2004). Institutional theory. Encyclopedia of Social Theory, 4, 408- 414.
  • Shore, C., & Wright, S. (2000). Coercive accountability: The rise of audit culture in higher education. In M. Strathern (Ed.), Audit cultures - Antropological studies in accountability, ethics and the academy (pp. 57-89). London: Routledge.
  • Suddaby, R., & Greenwood, R. (2005). Rhetorical strategies of legitimacy. Administrative Science Quarterly, 50(1), 35-67.
  • Usher, A., & Savino, M. (2006). A world of difference: A global survey of university league tables. Retrieved October 31, 2013, from http://www.educationalpolicy.org/pdf/world-of-difference200602162.pdf
  • Wedlin, L. (2006). Ranking business schools: Forming fields, identities and boundaries in international management education. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Wedlin, L. (2011). Going global: Rankings as rhetorical devices to construct an international field of management education. Management Learning, 42(2), 199-218.
  • Welsh, E. (2002). Dealing with data: Using NVivo in the qualitative data analysis process. Retrieved November 16, 2016, from http://www.qualitativeresearch.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/865/1880&q=NVivo+m anual&sa=X&ei =ZAH_T5PQOYuBhQfe9sWGBQ&ved =0CC4QFjAJ
  • Zhao, W. (2005). Understanding classifications: Empirical evidence from the American and French wine industries. Poetics, 33(3), 179-200.

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    APA : Khalil, S. H., Sultan, F., & Tufail, M. (2018). Constructing Symbolic Value Through Categorization Tools: The Role of Rankings in Building Business School's Reputation. Global Social Sciences Review, III(III), 354-377. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-III).20
    CHICAGO : Khalil, Syed Haider, Fahad Sultan, and Muhammad Tufail. 2018. "Constructing Symbolic Value Through Categorization Tools: The Role of Rankings in Building Business School's Reputation." Global Social Sciences Review, III (III): 354-377 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2018(III-III).20
    HARVARD : KHALIL, S. H., SULTAN, F. & TUFAIL, M. 2018. Constructing Symbolic Value Through Categorization Tools: The Role of Rankings in Building Business School's Reputation. Global Social Sciences Review, III, 354-377.
    MHRA : Khalil, Syed Haider, Fahad Sultan, and Muhammad Tufail. 2018. "Constructing Symbolic Value Through Categorization Tools: The Role of Rankings in Building Business School's Reputation." Global Social Sciences Review, III: 354-377
    MLA : Khalil, Syed Haider, Fahad Sultan, and Muhammad Tufail. "Constructing Symbolic Value Through Categorization Tools: The Role of Rankings in Building Business School's Reputation." Global Social Sciences Review, III.III (2018): 354-377 Print.
    OXFORD : Khalil, Syed Haider, Sultan, Fahad, and Tufail, Muhammad (2018), "Constructing Symbolic Value Through Categorization Tools: The Role of Rankings in Building Business School's Reputation", Global Social Sciences Review, III (III), 354-377
    TURABIAN : Khalil, Syed Haider, Fahad Sultan, and Muhammad Tufail. "Constructing Symbolic Value Through Categorization Tools: The Role of Rankings in Building Business School's Reputation." Global Social Sciences Review III, no. III (2018): 354-377. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-III).20