The Effect of Anomie on Academic Dishonesty among University Students.

By A. Caruana, B. Ramaseshan, Michael T. Ewing. 2000

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Anomie describes the individual’s lack of integration in social life. The construct has been linked to various types of activities and concepts but no research appears to have been undertaken linking it to academic dishonesty. The literatures on anomie and academic dishonesty are examined, measurement instruments are identified and a survey is carried out among undergraduate students of a business school. The psychometric properties of the instruments are confirmed and correlates are investigated. The point is made that besides seeking ways to curb academic dishonesty, universities need to foster the development of an internalized code of ethics among students. Limitations are noted and directions for future research are indicated.

Subfields: Information Systems and Management, Safety Research, Social Psychology

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In Information Systems and Management

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In Safety Research

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In Social Psychology

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Citations in the corpus

• FACTORS INFLUENCING ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ DECISIONS TO CHEAT BY TYPE OF ASSESSMENT (2006, methodology): “…Klug, 1986; Whitley and Kost, 1999), rational choice the­ ory (used by Buckley et al., 1998; Cochran et al., 1999; Tibbetts, 1997), anomie (used by Caruana, Ramaseshan, and Ewing, 2000), and the the­ ory of planned behavior (used by Beck and Ajzen, 1991; Genereux and McLeod, 1995; Nonis and…”
• Student beliefs and attitudes about authorial identity in academic writing (2009, methodology): “For example: risk factors for plagiarism, such as academic integration and goal orientation (Bennett 2005); self-report measures of plagiarism (Caruana, Ramaseshan, and Ewing 2000); and objective measures of paraphrasing (Keck 2006; Landau, Druen, and Arcuri 2002; Roig 1997, 1999), citation…”
• Academic dishonesty in a global educational market: a comparison of Hong Kong and American university business students (2004, background): “For example, a number of studies have investigated why some students cheat and others do not ( Caruana et al. , 2000”