Academic Integrity: The Relationship between Individual and Situational Factors on Misconduct Contemplations

Kisamore, Jennifer L.; Stone, Thomas H.; Jawahar, I. M.

doi:10.1007/s10551-006-9260-9

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“…In a study conducted before the Big Five labels became popular, Hetherington and Feldman (1964) showed that students low in trait responsibility were found to be more likely to cheat. Prudence, another construct related to conscientiousness, has been linked (negatively) to self-reported cheating (Kisamore, Stone, & Jawahar, 2007). A wealth of research in industrial settings has shown that those scoring low on conscientious-related traits engage in a persistent pattern of dishonest behaviors such as theft, absenteeism, and bogus claims of worker compensation (Hogan & Hogan, 1989).…”

Section: Research On Personality Predictorsmentioning

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Identifying and profiling scholastic cheaters: Their personality, cognitive ability, and motivation.

Williams

Nathanson

Paulhus

2010

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

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Despite much research, skepticism remains over the possibility of profiling scholastic cheaters. However, several relevant predictor variables and newer diagnostic tools have been overlooked. We remedy this deficit with a series of three studies. Study 1 was a large-scale survey of a broad range of personality predictors of self-reported cheating. Significant predictors included the Dark Triad (Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy) as well as low agreeableness and low conscientiousness. Only psychopathy remained significant in a multiple regression. Study 2 replicated this pattern using a naturalistic, behavioral indicator of cheating, namely, plagiarism as indexed by the Internet service Turn-It-In. Poor verbal ability was also an independent predictor. Study 3 examined possible motivational mediators of the association between psychopathy and cheating. Unrestrained achievement and moral inhibition were successful mediators whereas fear of punishment was not. Practical implications for researchers and educators are discussed.

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Section: Research On Personality Predictorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Identifying and profiling scholastic cheaters: Their personality, cognitive ability, and motivation.

Williams

Nathanson

Paulhus

2010

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

216

161

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“…As a subcategory of research dishonesty, plagiarism is the representation of the work of another, or one's own work, without acknowledgement of such work and can include careless paraphrasing, the copying of identical text or providing incomplete references that mislead the reader into believing that the ideas expressed belong to the author of the text. 2,3 Over the past years student plagiarism has commanded much research attention [4][5][6][7][8] , with increasing focus on the detection of plagiarism 9 and ways of addressing it 4 . However, relatively little has been published about plagiarism committed by academics [10][11][12][13] , with research thus far regarded as largely anecdotal and speculative 2 .…”

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Plagiarism in South African management journals

Thomas¹,

Bruin²

2015

S. Afr. J. Sci.

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Plagiarism by academics has been relatively unexplored thus far. However, there has been a growing awareness of this problem in recent years. We submitted 371 published academic articles appearing in 19 South African management journals in 2011 through the plagiarism detection software program Turnitin™. High and excessive levels of plagiarism were detected. The cost to government of subsidising unoriginal work in these journals was calculated to approximate ZAR7 million for the period under review. As academics are expected to role model ethical behaviour to students, such a finding is disturbing and has implications for the reputations of the institutions to which the authors are affiliated as well as that of the journals that publish articles that contain plagiarised material.

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“…Academic integrity culture refers to the values of the institution in increasing the academic honesty at the same time the prevention and punishment of violations of academic [10]. Academic integrity culture of an institution is very important and is a key driver of the perception on the intention to commit academic dishonesty [22].…”

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“…[22,23] conclude that academic integrity culture was the best predictor on academic dishonesty. Moreover, [10] explain that academic integrity culture affects the intention to commit academic dishonesty in students with low levels adjustments. Therefore, the fourth hypothesis in this study is: H4: Higher academic integrity culture will lead to the lower intentions to commit academic dishonesty.…”

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Why do Accounting Students at Higher Learning Institutions Conduct an Academic Dishonesty?

2017

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Abstract. Academic dishonesty is a serious educational problem. Moreover, the tendency to cheat at workplace appertain with the frequency of cheating in college. This study aims to empirically examine the influence of individual factors and situational factors to the intention of accounting students to conduct an academic dishonesty. This study uses survey as data collection technique by employing a set of a questionnaire. This result of this research finds that attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control have positive and significant effects to the intention of the accounting students to commit an academic dishonesty. However, among three situational factors only pressure and definitional ambiguity that have a positive and significant effect to the intention of accounting students.

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Academic Integrity: The Relationship between Individual and Situational Factors on Misconduct Contemplations

Abstract: academic integrity, academic culture, cheating, misconduct, personality,

Cited by 168 publications

References 26 publications

Identifying and profiling scholastic cheaters: Their personality, cognitive ability, and motivation.

Identifying and profiling scholastic cheaters: Their personality, cognitive ability, and motivation.

Plagiarism in South African management journals

Why do Accounting Students at Higher Learning Institutions Conduct an Academic Dishonesty?

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