Ch. Mahmood Anwar (PhD) is a research consultant, editor, author, entrepreneur, and HR and project manager. His research interests include critical analysis of published business research, research methods, new constructs development and validation, theory development, business statistics, business ethics, and technology for business. His work has been published in highly prestigious outlets such as California Management Review – Insights, Retraction Watch, Reviewer Credits, EditorsCafe (Asian Council of Science Editors), Scholarly Criticism.
Today’s guest author raises the question of whether a researcher submitting an article that was significantly drafted by an LLM without clear disclosure is effectively engaging in a contemporary form of ghost authorship.