The Editors and Taylor & Francis, publishers, of International Journal of Wrestling Science, are retracting the following article:
Hossein Abdolmaleki & Seyyed Bahador Zakizadeh. (2016). The Role of Goal Setting, Collectivism, and Task Orientation on Iranian Wrestling Teams Performance, Vol 6:2,74–85, DOI: 10.1080/21615667.2016.1277811
Subsequent to publication it has been determined that the article contains significant overlap with a paper by Marco Arraya, that he had submitted to the European Academy of Management for their academic conference, EURAM 2016. His article “The influence of goal-setting, collectivism and task orientation on team performance.” This paper was not cited nor otherwise acknowledged. Abdolmaleki had been sent the Arraya paper as a reviewer by the organizers of EURAM 2016.
This represents a breach of ethics and of warranties made by the author with respect to originality and provenance.
The Editors of International Journal of Wrestling Science, and Taylor & Francis, publishers, censure this conduct, and as a result have decided to retract the article from publication.
The Editors of International Journal of Wrestling Science and Taylor & Francis, publishers, note we received, peer-reviewed, accepted, and published the article in good faith based on these warranties.