The world-renowned behavioral economist Francesca Gino is accused of data falsification. If the allegations are true, two researchers have cheated – and of all things in a work on honesty.
If you want to get ahead in life and climb the career ladder, rules exist primarily to break them. The future belongs to the rebels! They are the ones who stand out from the crowd of mediocrity and invent great things. This is roughly the basic message of the book “Rebel Talent. Why it pays to break the rules at work and in life” (Dey Street Books, 2018) by the well-known and influential behavioral economist Francesca Gino. And that’s exactly the message that hits the Harvard Business School scientist’s feet. Italian-born Gino may have broken the rules herself and built her reputation on lies. How The Chronicle of Higher Education and the science blog Data Colada report, she is accused of having falsified study data. Loud Harvard Business School Gino is currently on “administrative leave”. She did not respond to a request from the SZ.