Personal experiences of research misconduct and the response of individual academic scientists

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 198-213

  Braxton, John M ^a   Bayer, Alan E ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERSONNEL; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; WHISTLEBLOWING;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DISCLOSURE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FACULTY; HUMANS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STEREOTYPING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; WHISTLEBLOWING;

EID: 0030091664     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016224399602100204     Document Type: Article

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