DISCIPLINARY AND DEPARTMENTAL EFFECTS ON OBSERVATIONS OF FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENT MISCONDUCT

This article investigates doctoral students' experiences with misconduct in academic departments. Through a hierarchical linear analysis it examines the effects of departmental structure, departmental climate, and academic discipline on three forms of misconduct: research, employment, and personal. Data from this study are drawn from a nationwide survey of two thousand graduate students in chemistry, civil engineering, microbiology, and sociology.