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
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	LB Theory and practice of education LB2300 Higher Education
Online Access:	http://etd.uum.edu.my/5065/ http://etd.uum.edu.my/5065/1/s808405.pdf http://etd.uum.edu.my/5065/2/s808405_abstract.pdf

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spelling	oai:etd.uum.edu.my:50652016-04-18T03:15:55Z http://etd.uum.edu.my/5065/ Accounting students’ perception and attitudes towards cheating in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, Jitra, Kedah Syamsyinar, Hasan 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. 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 2013 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://etd.uum.edu.my/5065/1/s808405.pdf text en http://etd.uum.edu.my/5065/2/s808405_abstract.pdf Syamsyinar, Hasan (2013) Accounting students’ perception and attitudes towards cheating in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, Jitra, Kedah. Masters thesis, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
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spellingShingle	LB Theory and practice of education LB2300 Higher Education Syamsyinar, Hasan 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
publishDate	2013
url	http://etd.uum.edu.my/5065/ http://etd.uum.edu.my/5065/1/s808405.pdf http://etd.uum.edu.my/5065/2/s808405_abstract.pdf
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Accounting students’ perception and attitudes towards cheating in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, Jitra, Kedah

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