Engines of Anxiety: Academic Rankings, Reputation, and Accountability, by Wendy Nelson Espeland and Michael Sauder. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 2016, 2015, 281 pages, paper

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Academy of Management Learning & EducationVol. 18, No. 2 Book & Resource ReviewsEngines of Anxiety: Academic Rankings, Reputation, and Accountability, by Wendy Nelson Espeland and Michael Sauder. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 2016, 2015, 281 pages, paperWilliam KoprowskiWilliam Koprowski()Published Online:8 Jul 2019https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2018.0027AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsDownload CitationsAdd to favoritesTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail View articleREFERENCESFrost, P. J.Taylor, M. S. (Eds.). 1996. Foundations for organizational science: Rhythms of academic life: Personal accounts of careers in academia. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 10.4135/9781452231570. Google ScholarGioia, D. A., & Corley, K. G. 2002. Being good versus looking good: Business school rankings and the Circean transformation from substance to image. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 1(1): 107–120.Link , Google ScholarGlick, W. H. 2008. Rain Man or Pied Piper? Moving business schools beyond media rankings with mass customization and stakeholder education. The Academy of Management Perspectives, 22(1): 18–23.Link , Google ScholarGreenberg, M. 2013, March 29. AU law students, alums, launch petition to oust dean after falling out of top 50 law schools ranking. DCINNO. Retrieved from https://www.americaninno.com Google ScholarHanson, M. 2012, July 24. U of Illinois Law School is publicly censured by the ABA, Fined for misreporting admissions data. ABA Journal. Retrieved from http://www.abajournal.com Google ScholarMorgeson, F. P., & Nahrgang, J. D. 2008. Same as it ever was: Recognizing stability in the Business Week rankings. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 7(1): 26–41.Link , Google ScholarOlson, E. 2016, March 24. Law graduate loses suit against school on enticing enrollment data. New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com Google ScholarOremus, W. 2013, September 10. U.S. News tumbles eight spots in this year’s super-official college-rankings rankings. Slate. Retrieved from https://slate.com/technology/2013/09/u-s-news-college-rankings-falls-8-spots-in-arbitrary-college-rankings-rankings.htm Google ScholarPfeffer, J., & Fong, C. T. 2004. The business school “business”: Some lessons from the US experience. Journal of Management Studies, 41(8): 1501–1520. Google ScholarRidgway, V. F. 1956. Dysfunctional consequences of performance measurements. Administrative Science Quarterly, 1(2): 240–247. Google ScholarWedlin, L. 2006. Ranking business schools: Forming fields, identities and boundaries in international management education. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. Google ScholarFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Vol. 18, No. 2 Permissions Metrics in the past 12 months History Published online 8 July 2019 Published in print 1 June 2019 Information© Academy of Management Learning & EducationDownload PDF