Learning to Live with League Tables and Ranking: The Experience of Institutional Leaders

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Anchoring effects in world university rankings: exploring biases in reputation scores (2011, background): “…equity concerns (Cremonini et al. 2008; McDonough et al. 1998), inappropriateness of the instrument for external decision making (Dill and Soo 2005; Hazelkorn 2008; Salmi and Saroyan 2007) and substantial concerns about the validity and reliability of rankings (Bowden 2000; Kroth and Daniel 2008;…”
University Rankings and Social Science (2014, background): “Rankings affect the judgements and decisions of many university leaders and faculty; prospective students, especially international students, and their families; state policy makers and regulators; and industry and philanthropic investors (Hazelkorn, 2008; 2011).”
Brand personality in higher education: anthropomorphized university marketing communications (2017, background): “…through a multitude of marketing channels such as open days and face-to-face communications (Ivy, 2008), the perception of their varsity sports/league table positions (Hazelkorn, 2008), the prospectus and newer channels such as the website and social media (Zailskaite-Jakste & Kuvykaite, 2012).”