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Business journals vow to publish studies that prove nothing

  • Written by The Conversation
imageThe problem of publication bias in academic journals is being tackled.Author provided

In a joint statement, ten editors representing some of the academia’s most prestigious journals for management, organisational behaviour and work psychology research, have vowed to publish research that fails to prove nothing.

Their message: we will now...

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