Personality traits are associated with research misbehavior in Dutch scientists: A cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Tijdink, Joeri K ^a,b   Bouter, Lex M ^a,b   Veldkamp, Coosje L S ^c   Van De Ven, Peter M ^a   Wicherts, Jelte M ^c   Smulders, Yvo M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUTCHMAN; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACHIAVELLIANISM; NARCISSISM; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOPATHY; PUBLICATION PRESSURE QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH MISBEHAVIOR SEVERITY SCORE; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SCIENTIST; SELF ESTEEM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84992096650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163251     Document Type: Article

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