Faculty of Industrial Management, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26300, Gambang, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.
Faculty of Industrial Management, Governance and Integrity Center (FGIC), Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26300, Gambang, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 Apr;25(2):357-382. doi: 10.1007/s11948-017-9941-z. Epub 2018 Feb 13.
In the management academic research, academic advancement, job security, and the securing of research funds at one's university are judged mainly by one's output of publications in high impact journals. With bogus resumes filled with published journal articles, universities and other allied institutions are keen to recruit or sustain the appointment of such academics. This often places undue pressure on aspiring academics and on those already recruited to engage in research misconduct which often leads to research integrity. This structured review focuses on the ethics and integrity of management research through an analysis of retracted articles published from 2005 to 2016. The study employs a structured literature review methodology whereby retracted articles published between 2005 and 2016 in the field of management science were found using Crossref and Google Scholar. The searched articles were then streamlined by selecting articles based on their relevance and content in accordance with the inclusion criteria. Based on the analysed retracted articles, the study shows evidence of ethical misconduct among researchers of management science. Such misconduct includes data falsification, the duplication of submitted articles, plagiarism, data irregularity and incomplete citation practices. Interestingly, the analysed results indicate that the field of knowledge management includes the highest number of retracted articles, with plagiarism constituting the most significant ethical issue. Furthermore, the findings of this study show that ethical misconduct is not restricted to a particular geographic location; it occurs in numerous countries. In turn, avenues of further study on research misconduct in management research are proposed.
在管理学术研究中，学术进步、工作保障和在大学获得研究资金主要取决于在高影响力期刊上发表论文的数量。由于履历造假充斥着发表的期刊文章，大学和其他相关机构热衷于招聘或维持这些学术人员的职位。这往往给有抱负的学者和已经被录用的学者带来了从事研究不端行为的压力，而这种行为往往会导致研究诚信问题。本研究通过对 2005 年至 2016 年发表的被撤回文章进行分析，重点关注管理研究的伦理和诚信问题。该研究采用结构化文献综述方法，利用 Crossref 和 Google Scholar 检索了 2005 年至 2016 年期间发表在管理科学领域的被撤回文章。然后，根据相关性和内容选择文章，按照纳入标准对检索到的文章进行筛选。基于分析的被撤回文章，本研究表明管理科学研究人员存在伦理不当行为的证据。这种不当行为包括数据伪造、提交文章的重复、剽窃、数据异常和不完整的引用实践。有趣的是，分析结果表明，知识管理领域包含最多数量的被撤回文章，而剽窃是最严重的伦理问题。此外，本研究的发现表明，伦理不当行为不仅限于特定的地理位置，而是发生在许多国家。因此，提出了进一步研究管理研究中研究不端行为的途径。
