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The Impact of Journal Rankings on Australasian Accounting Education Scholarship - A Personal View

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The higher education environment in which academics currently find themselves is one characterised by corporatisation and commodification. The pursuit of scholarly academic research is increasingly plagued by quantification, ranking pursuits, and what might be referred to as a 'publication' maximisation culture. This paper provides reflective insight into the impact felt of journal rankings on Australasian accounting education research. The paper challenges the short-termism and narrow focus currently adopted by many business faculty executives, who continue to use journal rankings as the sole measure of academic performance. The paper argues that this results in incentive schemes not too dissimilar to that recently found within the financial industry. The paper concludes that such a narrow approach to measurement should be abandoned in order to encourage creativity and innovation in business research that assists in solving business problems today and well into the future.

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  • Nicholas McGuigan, 2015. "The Impact of Journal Rankings on Australasian Accounting Education Scholarship - A Personal View," Accounting Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(3), pages 187-207, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:accted:v:24:y:2015:i:3:p:187-207
    DOI: 10.1080/09639284.2015.1021261
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