Solutions to the Credibility Crisis in Management Science

We argue that much academic misconduct can be explained as the result of social dilemmas occurring at two levels of management science. First, the career benefits associated with engaging in noncredible research practices (NCRPs; e.g., data manipulation, fabricating results, data hoarding, undisclosed HARKing) result in many academics choosing self-interest over collective welfare. These perverse incentives derive from journal gatekeepers who...