Rationalizing the Decision to Cheat: An Empirical Analysis to Determine Whether Social Rational Orientation Can Predict Academic Dishonesty

Autor/inn/en	Krou, Megan R.; Acee, Taylor W.; Pino, Nathan W.; Hoff, Meagan A.
Titel	Rationalizing the Decision to Cheat: An Empirical Analysis to Determine Whether Social Rational Orientation Can Predict Academic Dishonesty
Quelle	In: Journal of College and Character, 20 (2019) 1, S.9-24 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Krou, Megan R.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1940-1639
DOI	10.1080/2194587X.2018.1559196
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Student Behavior; Cheating; Ethics; Plagiarism; Undergraduate Students; Intervention; Student Surveys; Correlation; Predictor Variables; Decision Making + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Student behaviour; Prellen; Ethik; Plagiat; Schülerbefragung; Korrelation; Prädiktor; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung
Abstract	Academic dishonesty is a wide-spread issue in educational institutions, including higher education. This study determined if there was a correlation between social rational action orientations and the likelihood of engaging in academically dishonest acts. The relationship between course value and academic dishonesty was also examined. The researchers obtained data from 357 undergraduate students at a large public university in the Southwest. The instrument included a scale that was created to determine student social rational orientation membership. To measure potential academic dishonesty behaviors, vignettes were created and manipulated to portray either low or high perceived course value. Overall, this study found that social rational orientation and perceived course value predicted the likelihood of engaging in academically dishonest acts. This study uncovered new variables that can be used to predict academic dishonesty by elucidating how students rationalize their decision to cheat. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01