Francesca Gino

Francesca Gino (born 1977/1978[1]) is an Italian-American behavioral scientist.

Francesca Gino
TitleProfessor of Business Administration
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineOrganizational behavior
InstitutionsHarvard University
Websitefrancescagino.com

In June 2023, after an investigation concluded that she had falsified data in her research, she was placed on unpaid administrative leave from her position as Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School (HBS) and as head of HBS's Negotiation, Organizations and Markets (NOM) unit.[2][3][4]

Education and early career

Gino grew up in Tione di Trento, Italy.[1] She earned her Bachelor's degree at the University of Trento, Italy in 2001, and her MS and PhD at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa in 2004.[5] During these studies, she came to Harvard Business School as a visiting fellow, and stayed on as a postdoctoral fellow after completing her Ph.D.[1][6]

Before joining Harvard University in 2010, she taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Carnegie Mellon University.[7][8][9]

Career

Gino conducted research on rule-breaking, which she discusses in her 2018 book, Rebel Talent.[10] She was also affiliated with Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation, and with Harvard University's Mind, Brain, Behavior Initiative.[11] Between December 2016 and 2019, she served as editor-in-chief of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.

Gino, the co-author of many peer-reviewed articles, was described by behavioral scientist Maurice Schweitzer at the Wharton School as a "leading scholar in the field" of behavioral science.[12]

Allegations of data fabrication

In June 2023 Gino was placed on administrative leave by Harvard.[7] She is a co-author of a 2012 article that was retracted for being based on falsified data; she reported that a lab manager collected the data.[13][14]

At least three more studies associated with Gino allegedly contain falsified data.[15][13][12] Two additional papers, published in 2014 and 2015, of which she was the first author, were retracted in June 2023. One paper she had worked on had already been retracted due to probable falsification by a co-author.[16][17][18] Gino declined to confirm or deny the allegations.[19] The fourth paper is set to be retracted in September 2023.[20]

According to Max Bazerman, her colleague at Harvard Business School and a coauthor with her on multiple papers, Harvard informed him that the experiments he co-authored with Gino contained additional fraudulent data.[21]

Response

Gino subsequently filed a defamation suit against Harvard, Harvard Business School Dean Srikant Datar, and a trio of data investigators for $25 million, alleging that they had conspired to damage her reputation with false accusations and that the penalties against her amounted to gender-based discrimination under Title IX.[4]

The suit does not contest or refute the defendants' scientific findings. It asserts that since the researchers used inference and probability to argue that the anomalies between the original dataset and the data used in Gino's analyses could not have been due to random chance or benign error, and therefore occurred from fraudulent manipulation, the defendants cannot prove she in particular committed the scientific misconduct.[22]

Subsequently, according to The Harvard Crimson, "Harvard University and Harvard Business School Dean Srikant M. Datar filed a motion on Tuesday …[October 10, 2023]… to partially dismiss the pending $25 million lawsuit against them by HBS professor Francesca Gino, citing the need for the University to have autonomy in its academic decision-making." [23]

Books
  • Sidetracked: Why our decisions get derailed, and how we can stick to the plan. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press. 2013. 260pp. ISBN 9781422142691. OCLC 807028907.
  • Rebel talent : Why it pays to break the rules at work and in life. New York, NY: Del Rey Street Books. 2018. 283pp. ISBN 9780062694638. OCLC 1031929377.

References
  1. Scheiber, Noam (September 30, 2023). "The Harvard Professor and the Bloggers". The New York Times. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  2. "Francesca Gino - Faculty & Research - Harvard Business School". www.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  3. Quinn, Ryan. "Harvard Dishonesty Researcher Now on Administrative Leave". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  4. Hamid, Rahem D.; Yuan, Claire (2023-08-03). "Embattled by Data Fraud Allegations, Business School Professor Francesca Gino Files Defamation Suit Against Harvard". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  5. "About". Francesca Gino. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  6. Lewis-Kraus, Gideon (September 30, 2023). "They Studied Dishonesty. Was Their Work a Lie?". The New Yorker. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  7. Lee, Stephanie M. (June 16, 2023). "A Weird Research-Misconduct Scandal About Dishonesty Just Got Weirder". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  8. "Francesca Gino Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  9. "Rose-coloured spectacles?". The Economist. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  10. Gino, Francesca (May 2018). Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0062694638.
  11. "Francesca Gino". Faculty. Harvard Business School. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  12. Scheuber, Noam (2023-06-24). "Harvard Scholar Who Studies Honesty Is Accused of Fabricating Findings". New York Times. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  13. O'Grady, Cathleen (21 June 2023). "Harvard behavioral scientist faces research fraud allegations". www.science.org. doi:10.1126/science.adj3539. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  14. Scheiber, Noam (24 June 2023). "Harvard Scholar Who Studies Honesty is Accused of Fabricating Findings". The New York Times.
  15. Hill, Andrew; Jack, Andrew (21 June 2023). "Harvard dishonesty expert accused of dishonesty". Financial Times. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  16. "Retraction Watch Database". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  17. Gordon, Nicholas (July 12, 2023). "HBS withdraws papers from its dishonesty expert after she was found to be dishonest". Fortune. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  18. O'Grady, Cathleen (July 18, 2023). "After honesty researcher's retractions, colleagues expand scrutiny of her work". Science. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  19. Kim, Juliana (July 26, 2023). "Harvard professor who studies dishonesty is accused of falsifying data". NPR. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  20. "Embattled by Data Fraud Allegations, Business School Professor Francesca Gino Files Defamation Suit Against Harvard | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  21. Hamid, Rahem (June 23, 2023). "Harvard Business School Professor Francesca Gino Accused of Committing Data Fraud in at Least Four Papers". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  22. Svrluga, Susan (2023-08-03). "Professor accused of faking data in studies on dishonesty sues Harvard". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  23. Parker, Adelaide E.; Song, Jennifer Y. (October 13, 2023). "Harvard Moves to Partially Dismiss $25M Lawsuit by HBS Professor Gino, Citing Autonomy Concerns". The Harvard Crimson.

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