UC Berkeley professor Juliana Schroeder, who co-authored some of Gino’s work, launched the “Multiple Collaboration Project” to examine 138 of Gino’s works. Schroeder was shocked to discover fabricated data in a paper he wrote with Gino and Harvard professor Alison Wood Brooks. To add to the complexity, it turns out that the suspicious data in this case has nothing to do with Gino. Schroeder suggested that the errors might have been related to the research assistants, but Harvard denied the investigation.
The scandal reflects deeper structural problems. Experts say the “prominent” culture in academia “encourages dishonesty by prioritizing prestige over truth.” Dennis Tourish, a professor at the University of Sussex, says more than a third of management journal editors surveyed have experienced data fraud.
Despite increased interest, the impact is minimal. Gino has been placed on administrative leave, but his friends, including Schroeder and Brooks, continue their careers in some way.
Source: Ferra
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