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In this chapter we discuss how institutional culture of the academic system affects university’s response to global rankings pressure. Rankings as strong public measures determine the process of organizational change at the university level. At the same time, the nature and degree of change depends on whether university is driven by a market-based or state-based logic of accountability.
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Pavlyutkin, I., Yudkevich, M. (2016). The Impact of University Academic Culture and Leadership on the Symptoms of “Global Ranking Fever”. In: Sarrico, C., Teixeira, P., Magalhães, A., Veiga, A., Rosa, M.J., Carvalho, T. (eds) Global Challenges, National Initiatives, and Institutional Responses. Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-675-0_10
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