The views of college of business faculty were sought to determine their perception on the extent of undeserved authorship in business journals and their impact on the faculty reward system. Six hundred ninety-eight faculty members responded to an electronic survey conducted through Zoomerang. A total of 80% of the respondents indicated that they…

The authors surveyed authors of business journal articles who had worked with coauthors at 30 colleges of business, regarding their experience with gift or undeserved authorships. Of 433 responding faculty authors, more than 35% reported having collaborated with a coauthor who had done very little work on a published article, and nearly 10%…

Faculty members at fifteen small to mid-sized colleges of business in Texas were surveyed to determine their views and experiences regarding publishing academic journal articles with multiple authors. Respondents indicated that the AACSB scholarly productivity standards have had an impact on their publication efforts and that they have published…