University faculty perceptions of research practices and misconduct

Authors

Anita M. Gordon, University of Northern IowaFollow
Helen Harton, University of Northern IowaFollow

Document Type

Conference

Journal/Book/Conference Title Title

2015 4th World Conference on Research Integrity, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract

This poster presentation shares preliminary results from a national survey, funded by the U.S. Office of Research Integrity, to investigate the perceptions of research misconduct by faculty researchers from four disciplinary areas (biology, social work, sociology, and psychology). About 4,500 faculty from 107 randomly selected researchintensive and master’s universities were invited to participate. Respondents assessed scenarios depicting more and less serious researcher misbehavior and reported how likely they would be to take those actions under the same circumstances. They also rated their perceptions of how wrong the actions were, how likely the actions were to become known to others, and what sanctions might be applied if the actions were to become known. In addition, respondents reported their perceptions of organizational justice in their own research environments and the level of funding they are expected to garner to support their own salaries.

Department

Department of Social Work

Department

Center for Academic Ethics

Comments

Poster presentation given at the 2015 4th World Conference on Research Integrity, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Original Publication Date

5-2015

Repository

UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Copyright

©2015 Anita M. Gordon and Helen C. Harton

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Gordon, Anita M. and Harton, Helen, "University faculty perceptions of research practices and misconduct" (2015). Faculty Publications. 5.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/swk_facpub/5