Mustikarini, Arizona and Winardi, Rijadh Djatu and Azalea, Maria (2017) Why do accounting students at higher learning institutions conduct an academic dishonesty? In: 17th Annual Conference of the Asian Academic Accounting Association (2016 FourA Conference), 20-22 November 2016, Kuching, Sarawak.

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Abstract

Academic dishonesty is a serious educational problem.Moreover, the tendency to cheat at workplace appertain with the frequency of cheating in college.This study aims to empirically examine the influence of individual factors and situational factors to the intention of accounting students to conduct an academic dishonesty.This study uses survey as data collection technique by employing a set of a questionnaire.This result of this research finds that attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control have positive and significant effects to the intention of the accounting students to commit an academic dishonesty.However, among three situational factors only pressure and definitional ambiguity that have a positive and significant effect to the intention of accounting students.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	Published in SHS Web of Conferences 34, 06008 (2017) Organized by: Institute for Strategic and Sustainable Accounting Development (ISSAD), Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz School of Accountancy (TISSA), Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5601 Accounting
Divisions:	Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz School of Accountancy (TISSA)
Depositing User:	Mrs. Norazmilah Yaakub
Date Deposited:	23 Feb 2017 03:30
Last Modified:	23 Feb 2017 03:30
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/21023

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