Academic Cheating in Austria, Portugal, Romania and Spain: A Comparative Analysis

Abstract

The empirical evaluation of academic cheating has been almost exclusively focused on the US context. Little is known about cheating in European universities. This article aims to contribute further evidence on this highly relevant phenomenon afflicting higher education throughout Europe. Based on a large sample of undergraduate students

Cheating by economics and business undergraduate students: an exploratory international assessment

“…Average number of weekly hours of study Kerkvliet (1994) Kerkvliet and Sigmun (1999) Others factors Students' opinion of those that copy or commit other types of academic dishonesty Students perception in light of the percentage of students that copy and of rival group behaviours Intensity of work (''workload'') Pressure not to fail Type of courses Country/region Students' background Students' origin Millham (1974), Houston and Ziff (1976), Baird (1980), Lanza-Kaduce and Klug (1986), Bunn et al (1992), May and Loyd (1993), Ward and Tittle (1993), Kerkvliet (1994), McCabe and Trevino (1997), Nowell and Laufer (1997), Whitley (1998), Diekhoff et al (1999), Magnus et al (2002), , Hrabak et al (2004), Rocha and Teixeira (2005b), Teixeira and Rocha (2006) High Educ (2010) 59:663-701 671…”

“…In a complementary way, Magnus et al (2002) conducted an experiment on students in secondary, higher and postgraduate education, in five different regions-Moscow, Russia (province), the Netherlands, the USA and Israeland showed that both the level of teaching and the zone lead to students having distinct opinions relative to academic dishonesty. More recently, Teixeira and Rocha (2006) showed that differences in undergraduate copying propensities are significant, with Romania and Spanish students revealing a higher propensity towards fraudulent behaviours than their Austrian and especially their Portuguese counterparts. Thus we hypothesize that:…”

“…Fakouri (1972), Michaels and Miethe (1989), Baird (1980), Leming (1980), Haines et al (1986), Graham et al (1994), Kerkvliet (1994), Nowell and Laufer (1997), Whitley (1998), Kerkvliet and Sigmun (1999), Tibbets (1999), Bernardi et al (2004), Hrabak et al (2004), Rettinger et al (2004), Rocha and Teixeira (2005b), Teixeira and Rocha (2006) Factors related with the education institution Dimension and level of class Category of teachers Existence of an ''honour code'' Classroom environment Gardner et al (1988), May and Loyd (1993), Nowell and Laufer (1997), Whitley (1998), Pulvers and Diekhoff (1999), Kerkvliet and Sigmun (1999), McCabe et al (2003), Rocha and Teixeira (2005b), Teixeira and Rocha (2006) Cost of detecting academic dishonesty…”

“…Focusing on European countries, Teixeira and Rocha (2006) and Rocha and Teixeira (2005b), estimated that the magnitude of cheating (copying in exams) among undergraduate Economics and Business students was preoccupying, having reached values between 62% (Portugal) and 94% (Romania).…”

Cheating Around the World: A Cross-national Analysis of Principal Reported Cheating

“…Academic cheating is not a problem isolated to the US, however; it is a problem that impacts academic institutions all around the world (Evans, Craig, & Mietzel, 1993;Lupton et al, 2000;Rawwas, Al-Khatib, & Vitell, 2004;Teixeira & Rocha, 2006). No study to date has examined structural-level measures of strain and their relationship to academic cheating cross-nationally.…”