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Constructing Symbolic Value Through Categorization Tools The Role of Rankings in Building Business Schools Reputation

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Constructing Symbolic Value Through Categorization Tools: The Role of Rankings in Building Business School's Reputation

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Abstract

Investigating rankings in the field of business education, we aim to examine field structuration process to understand how categories build symbolic value in an institutional field. We selected twenty reputed business schools from Pakistan and the United Kingdom (UK) through purposive sampling method. Adopting the concept of data triangulation, we gathered empirical evidences through interviews with business school marketing managers, academic experts in the field of marketing and reputation, and with industry experts. This data was further supplemented by variety of secondary sources such as internal student surveys, annual reports, newsletters and industry reports to perform a thematic analysis adopted in this study. Thematic analysis helped us to develop a model of institutional work and field level change by emphasizing on the key role categorization systems (rankings) in shaping perceptions of symbolic value (reputation). Our findings suggest, categorization tools create a contest at different levels. Consequently, it redefines the perception about value in the field. The current study may be useful for academia and Higher Education policy-makers by providing them with a theoretical understanding of categorization systems such as university rankings and the changing perception of value in the field.

Authors

1-Syed Haider Khalil
Assistant Professor, Institute of Business and Leadership Studies, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.

2-Fahad Sultan
Deputy Director, Institute of Business and Leadership Studies, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.

3-Muhammad Tufail
Assistant Professor, Institute of Business and Leadership Studies, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.

Keywords

Rankings, Reputation, Categorization, Institutional Work,Symbolic Value, Business Schools

DOI Number

10.31703/gssr.2018(III-III).20

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-III).20

Page Nos

354-377

Volume & Issue

III - III

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Published: Sep 2018

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