Scientific Disintegrity as a Public Bad

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 361-379

  Engel, Christoph ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON COLLECTIVE GOODS   (Germany)

Author keywords

incentives; intervention; public bad; scientific misconduct

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC MODEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 84930363577     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691615577865     Document Type: Article

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