Don’t follow the leader: how ranking performance reduces meritocracy
In the name of meritocracy, modern economies devote increasing amounts of resources to quantifying and ranking the performance of individuals and organizations. Rankings send out powerful signals, which lead to identifying the actions of top performers as the ‘best practices’ that others should also...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2019-11-01
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Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.191255 |