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Three Root Causes for the Impasse in Reputation Measurement for Higher Education Institutions

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  • Redler Joern

    (School of Business, Mainz University of Applied Sciences, Lucy-Hillebrand-Straße 2, 55128 Mainz, Germany)

  • Morschheuser Petra

    (Department for Business Studies, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Mosbach, Arnold-Janssen-Straße 9-13,74821 Mosbach, Germany)

Abstract

Monitoring the reputation of Higher Education Institutions is a key challenge. Despite decades of research and theory in Higher Education marketing addressing this issue, a definitive method for capturing and monitoring reputation of such institutions has yet to emerge. This paper argues that research into a theoretically sound method for capturing and monitoring the reputation of Higher Education Institutions has stalled due to three significant obstacles: (a) the complexity of defining the construct of reputation itself, (b) ongoing disputes regarding the appropriate methods of measurement for the constructs of reputation, (c) insufficient tailoring of the construct of reputation to the distinctive nature of Higher Education Institutions.

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  • Redler Joern & Morschheuser Petra, 2024. "Three Root Causes for the Impasse in Reputation Measurement for Higher Education Institutions," Marketing of Scientific and Research Organizations, Sciendo, vol. 52(2), pages 26-45.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:mosaro:v:51:y:2024:i:2:p:26-45:n:1002
    DOI: 10.2478/minib-2024-0008
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    Keywords

    reputation; higher education; measurement; monitoring systems; higher education management; reputacja; szkolnictwo wyższe; pomiar; systemy monitorowania; zarządzanie szkolnictwem wyższym;
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    JEL classification:

    • M31 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - Marketing
    • M19 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Other

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