Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ547655
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Individual and Contextual Influences on Academic Dishonesty: A Multicampus Investigation.
McCabe, Donald L.; Trevino, Linda Klebe
Research in Higher Education, v38 n3 p379-96 Jun 1997
A survey of 1,793 students at nine state universities found cheating was influenced by a number of characteristics of individuals, including age, sex, and grade point average, and contextual factors, including level of cheating among peers, peer disapproval of cheating, fraternity/sorority membership, and perceived severity of penalties for cheating. Peer disapproval was the strongest influential factor. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Cheating, College Environment, College Students, Discipline Policy, Fraternities, Grade Point Average, Group Membership, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Organizational Climate, Peer Influence, Sex Differences, Sororities, State Universities, Student Behavior, Student Characteristics, Surveys
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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