Accounting students’ perception and attitudes towards cheating in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, Jitra, Kedah

Accounting students’ perception and attitudes towards cheating in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, Jitra, Kedah

Cheating has always been a problem in academic setting at institution of higher learning. This paper reports the results of the study of accounting students who self reported on their propensity to engage in cheating behaviors. The study aims to develop a better understanding of what students percei...

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Main Author: Syamsyinar, Hasan
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LB Theory and practice of education
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Accounting students’ perception and attitudes towards cheating in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, Jitra, Kedah
description Cheating has always been a problem in academic setting at institution of higher learning. This paper reports the results of the study of accounting students who self reported on their propensity to engage in cheating behaviors. The study aims to develop a better understanding of what students perceive as cheating and to use this knowledge to help the institution increase the level of academic integrity among students. A total of 100 accounting students at Polytechnic Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (POLIMAS), Jitra, Kedah participated in this study by responding to a self-report questionnaire. The results of the survey clearly reveal that students definitely make a distinction between unethical behavior and cheating. Besides that, the explanation of why students cheat is the existence of situations in which students might consider it as acceptable to cheat or situations in which students might rationalize their behavior and behave differently than their indicated responses. However, the potential consequences of shame, loss of respect by others, and punishment are more likely to have a deterrent effects on the decision to cheat
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title Accounting students’ perception and attitudes towards cheating in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, Jitra, Kedah
title_short Accounting students’ perception and attitudes towards cheating in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, Jitra, Kedah
title_full Accounting students’ perception and attitudes towards cheating in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, Jitra, Kedah
title_fullStr Accounting students’ perception and attitudes towards cheating in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, Jitra, Kedah
title_full_unstemmed Accounting students’ perception and attitudes towards cheating in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, Jitra, Kedah
title_sort accounting students’ perception and attitudes towards cheating in politeknik sultan abdul halim mu’adzam shah, jitra, kedah
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spelling my-uum-etd.50652023-02-08T01:46:59Z Accounting students’ perception and attitudes towards cheating in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, Jitra, Kedah 2013 Syamsyinar, Hasan Md Yusof, Mohd 'Atef Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business LB Theory and practice of education LB2300 Higher Education Cheating has always been a problem in academic setting at institution of higher learning. This paper reports the results of the study of accounting students who self reported on their propensity to engage in cheating behaviors. The study aims to develop a better understanding of what students perceive as cheating and to use this knowledge to help the institution increase the level of academic integrity among students. A total of 100 accounting students at Polytechnic Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (POLIMAS), Jitra, Kedah participated in this study by responding to a self-report questionnaire. 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