Procedural Justice, Identity, and Research Integrity

程序正义、身份和研究诚信

• 批准号: 6988041
• 负责人: BRIAN C MARTINSON
• 金额: $ 22.5万
• 依托单位: HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-15 至 2007-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6988041
• 关键词: attitude; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; confidentiality; data collection methodology /evaluation; decision making; ethics; governmental health /scientific organization; health /scientific organization; health science profession; health science research; health science research support; human subject; identity; malpractice /misconduct; occupational psychology; peer group; psychometrics; questionnaires; self concept; social perception; university

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This study is an analysis of the relationships between scientists' perceptions of procedural justice and their behaviors, both positive and negative, related to the integrity of their research. We will examine these relationships between the context of scientists' work and their behavior at 3 different levels: the academic department, the institution, and the task environment which encompasses the web of external agents (funding agencies, regulatory bodies, disciplinary organizations, etc.) that relate directly to scientists' research. Procedural justice here refers to individual's perceptions about the fairness of decision-making in organizations, particularly in the procedures that determine the distribution of resources. We hypothesize that when scientists perceive violations of procedural justice, that is, believe that decision-making about resources that affect themselves and their work is unfair; they will exhibit negative "corrective responses" such as misbehavior in research or other conduct that runs counter to normative expectations in science. On the other hand, when scientists perceive procedural justice, they will be more likely to behave in accordance with the highest standards of research integrity. We will base our analyses on data from a national survey of an appropriately nested random sample of 5,000 scientists in the health sciences, medicine, biology, chemistry and the social sciences. Our specific aims are 1) to estimate perceptions of procedural injustice among these scientists, with respect to the 3 levels of science listed above; 2) estimate the degree of association between these perceptions and both positive and negative behaviors related to research integrity, and 3) determine the extent to which respondents' social identity as scientists affects this association. Our long-term objective is to develop assessment tools for the measurement of scientists' perceptions of procedural justice in their work environments, as well as recommendations for interventions specific to the contextual levels that show the strongest relationships between perceptions of injustice and negative behaviors.

描述（由申请人提供）：本研究是对科学家对程序正义的看法与其行为（正面和负面的行为）之间的关系的分析，这与他们的研究的完整性有关。我们将在3个不同层面的科学家工作与其行为的背景之间进行这些关系：学术部门，机构以及涵盖外部代理网络（资助机构，监管机构，纪律组织等）的任务环境，这些网络直接与科学家的研究有关。这里的程序正义是指个人对组织决策公平性的看法，尤其是在决定资源分配的程序中。我们假设，当科学家认为违反程序正义的行为时，也就是说，关于影响自己和工作的资源的决策是不公平的。他们将表现出负面的“纠正措施”，例如研究中的不当行为或其他与科学规范期望相反的行为。另一方面，当科学家认为程序上的正义时，他们更有可能按照最高的研究完整性行事。我们将根据对健康科学，医学，生物学，化学和社会科学的5,000名科学家的适当嵌套随机样本进行的全国调查进行分析。我们的具体目的是1）在上面列出的3个科学层面上，这些科学家之间对程序不公正的看法； 2）估计这些看法与研究完整性相关的正面和负面行为之间的关联程度，3）确定受访者的社会身份作为科学家的社会身份影响了这一关联。我们的长期目标是开发评估工具，以衡量科学家在工作环境中对程序正义的看法，以及针对上下文水平的干预措施的建议，这些干预措施表明对不公正行为和负面行为的看法之间最牢固的关系。