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TARGETS FOR HONESTY: HOW PERFORMANCE INDICATORS SHAPE INTEGRITY IN DUTCH HIGHER EDUCATION
Author(s) -
OVERMAN SJORS,
AKKERMAN AGNES,
TORENVLIED RENÉ
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.313
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-9299
pISSN - 0033-3298
DOI - 10.1111/padm.12282
Subject(s) - honesty , misconduct , academic integrity , incentive , perception , work (physics) , higher education , scientific misconduct , psychology , test (biology) , public relations , cheating , social psychology , political science , law , economics , engineering , mechanical engineering , medicine , paleontology , alternative medicine , pathology , neuroscience , biology , microeconomics
Universities across the world have recently experienced a number of serious cases of academic misconduct. In the public and academic debates, one dominant explanation exists for the fraudulent behaviour of university staff. Academic misconduct is considered to be the logical behavioural consequence of output‐oriented management practices, based on performance incentives. This article puts this explanation to the test. Based on our analysis of a dataset of employees in Dutch higher education (N = 4,775) from 2010 and 2012, we argue that performance indicators have a positive impact on higher education professionals' perception of integrity in their work environment.