The dark arts of Academia
By ymahfooz on 31 Mar 2015
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With the growing commercialisation of university research, academic journals are starting to do something similar. A number of recent editorials in management journals have sought to highlight publishers' own roles in defending the standards of scholarship in face of the prevalence of academic misconduct.
An editorial in the latest issue of the Journal of Management Studies (JMS) focused on the growing problem of unethical behaviour in academic publishing, particularly in light of some recent retractions in the field. These have not only occurred in the JMS, but also in other outlets including The Leadership Quarterly.
http://theconversation.com/the-dark-arts-of-academia-and-why-journals-mu...