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Academia as financial markets? Metaphoric reflections and possible responses

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I argue that publishing in the global academia has come to resemble the operations of financial markets. Academics-cum-investors target a set of ‘top’ journals in a system that is portrayed as self-evident. I suggest that the financial markets metaphor enables us to explicate the self-fulfilling prophecies that constitute the academic system, to understand the role of journals, to confront (re)constructions of self-evidence, and to develop meaningful responses in relating to the system. I offer five responses for further discussion.

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  • Tienari, Janne, 2012. "Academia as financial markets? Metaphoric reflections and possible responses," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 28(3), pages 250-256.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:scaman:v:28:y:2012:i:3:p:250-256
    DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2012.05.004
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