Discipline as Institutional Maintenance

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dc.contributor.author	Rasche, Andreas
dc.contributor.author	Hommel, Ulrich
dc.contributor.author	Cornuel, Eric
dc.date.accessioned	2013-01-14
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-20T12:11:31Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-20T12:11:31Z
dc.date.issued	2013-06-20
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8729
dc.description.abstract	Drawing on the case of business school rankings, we study how institutions are maintained and remain persistent despite their contested nature. We argue that rankings as institutions can be maintained through subtle disciplinary practices that freeze power relations in recipient organizations. Our analysis rests on a Foucauldian understanding of control emphasizing that rankings discipline (1) by enhancing the visibility of individuals’ performance, (2) by defining ‘normal’ behavior, and (3) by shaping how people understand themselves and the world around them. We show that these three disciplining effects support rankings’ durability, reproducibility, and communicability enhancing their overall stability and diffusion. Our arguments demonstrate that rankings’ relevance and impact is not entirely based on the legitimacy they are able to offer to ranked schools. Rather rankings impel a variety of disciplinary effects within business schools which help to stabilize and diffuse the institution.	en_US
dc.format.extent	35	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.subject.other	Business school rankings	en_US
dc.subject.other	Institutional maintenance	en_US
dc.subject.other	Disciplinary control	en_US
dc.subject.other	Organizational field	en_US
dc.title	Discipline as Institutional Maintenance	en_US
dc.type	cp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt13jun20 lbjl	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Institut for Interkulturel Kommunikation og Ledelse	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	IKL	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Department of Intercultural Communication and Management	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	ICM	en_US
dc.description.notes	Paper presented at EFMD Higher Education Research Conference: Conjectures and Future Directions. Feb. 14-15, 2012. Zurich, Schweiz	en_US
dc.publisher.city	Frederiksberg	en_US
dc.publisher.year	2012	en_US
dc.title.subtitle	The Case of Business School Rankings	en_US