What is it about?
The study is an intercultural comparison of the theory of reasoned action and the theory of planned behavior (original and modified versions) to predict students’ intentions for academic cheating. The sample included university students from 7 countries: Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Turkey, Switzerland, USA, and New Zealand.
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Why is it important?
Across countries, results show that attitudes, perceived behavioral control, and moral obligation predict students’ intentions to engage in academic dishonesty in the form of cheating. The extended modified version of the theory of planned behavior emerged as the best explanatory model predicting intentions to cheat. Significant cross-cultural differences were found.
Perspectives
Academic cheating may not always be construed as a severe violation of existing norms. In fact, in some contexts these codes of academic conduct are less salient, and students do not realize that they are violating ethical or moral imperatives. Culture matters.
Professor Agata Ewa Chudzicka-Czupała
SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospoleczny
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This page is a summary of: Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior in Academic Cheating Research–Cross-Cultural Comparison, Ethics & Behavior, November 2015, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/10508422.2015.1112745.
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