Rationality and Students' Misconduct at University: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications

Autor/inn/en	Grira, Jocelyn; Jaeck, Louis
Titel	Rationality and Students' Misconduct at University: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications
Quelle	In: International Education Studies, 12 (2019) 3, S.10-23 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1913-9020
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Students; Cheating; Student Attitudes; Student Motivation; Difficulty Level; Status; Student Behavior; School Policy; Integrity; United Arab Emirates + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Prellen; Schülerverhalten; Schulische Motivation; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Student behaviour; Schulpolitik; Integrität; Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Abstract	We investigate the determinants of students' misconduct at university. Using a sample of 310 surveyed students, we find that students are more likely to cheat when they have previous misconduct records, when they perceive academic integrity policy as being poorly enforced, and when they perceive that instructor tolerance toward misconduct incidents is high. Moreover, misconduct behavior tends to increase with students' seniority and the perceived level of course difficulty. Surprisingly, students' motivations toward reading, writing, and learning do not seem to have a valuable impact on the likelihood of their misconduct. Our findings have important policy implications that relate to the university culture of academic integrity, instructors' tolerance vis-à-vis students' misconduct behavior, and the effectiveness of punitive actions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01