Research governance in academia : are there alternatives to academic rankings?

Peer reviews and rankings today are the backbone of research governance, but recently came under scrutiny. They take explicitly or implicitly agency theory as a theoretical basis. The emerging psychological economics opens a new perspective. As scholarly research is a mainly curiosity driven endeavor, we include intrinsic motivation and supportive feedback by the peers as important determinants of scholarly behavior. We discuss whether a stronger emphasis on selection and socialization offers an alternative to the present regime of academic rankings.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Osterloh, Margit ; Frey, Bruno S.
Publisher:	Munich : Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo)
Subject:	Hochschulforschung \| Bewertung \| Publikationsanalyse \| Wissenschaftspolitik \| Governance-Ansatz \| Wirtschaftspsychologie \| Agency Theory \| peer reviews \| rankings \| research governance \| agency theory \| psychological economics \| new public management \| economics of science \| control theory

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Series:	CESifo Working Paper ; 2797
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	61075730X [GVK] hdl:10419/30678 [Handle]
Classification:	o00
Source:	EconStor