Authorship Decision Making: An Empirical Investigation

Authorship in Student-Faculty Collaborative Research: Perceptions of Current and Best Practices

“…Fine and Kurdek (1993) described the same ethical dilemma and additionally, the problem of students who are given undeserved authorship credit. Sandler and Russell (2005) and Geelhoed et al (2007) both found that over one quarter of their respondents reported unfair authorship practices, either receiving unwarranted authorship or not receiving authorship when it was earned. Netting and Nichols-Casebolt (1997) conducted focus groups of social work faculty members and doctoral students and found that both faculty and students were unclear about how to determine authorship order and doctoral students reported receiving little, if any guidance from faculty on negotiating authorship decisions.…”

“…Just as collaborative work has added benefits, it has added responsibilities. Faculty members have more knowledge and power in the relationship than do students; therefore the students' ability to advocate for their interests is limited by the possibility of negative repercussions (Endersby 1996;Fine and Kurdek 1993;Geelhoed et al 2007;Kitchener 1992;Nguyen and Nguyen 2006). As such, the responsibility to ensure ethical recognition for work contributed rests with the faculty member.…”

“…collaborators (Fine and Kurdek 1993;Geelhoed et al 2007;Louis et al 2008). Determining appropriate authorship recognition for work contributed to collaborative projects is difficult and can result in stress and turmoil among collaborators (Louis et al 2008;Nguyen and Nguyen 2006).…”

“…Determining appropriate authorship recognition for work contributed to collaborative projects is difficult and can result in stress and turmoil among collaborators (Louis et al 2008;Nguyen and Nguyen 2006). Navigating authorship decisions in student-faculty collaborations is even more complicated because of the inherent power differential in student-faculty relationships (Geelhoed et al 2007). Given the prevalence of the student-faculty collaborative research there is a great need for information on how to determine appropriate authorship recognition for work contributed in collaborative research (Crespi 1994;Fine and Kurdek 1993;Netting and Nichols-Casebolt 1997).…”

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“…Authorship is already a highstakes endeavor for instructors (Bartle, Fink, & Hayes, 2000;Fine & Kudek, 1993;Geelhoed, Phillips, Fischer, Shpungin, & Gong, 2007;Oberlander & Spencer, 2006;Sandler & Russell, 2005) and opportunities to obtain authorship early in one's career are becoming increasingly important. Early career publishing can even begin when an aspiring professor is an undergraduate student.…”