Assessing Male vs. Female Business Student Perceptions of Plagiarism at a Southern Institution of Higher Education

Authors

Daniel Adrian Doss, University of West AlabamaFollow
Russ Henley, University of West AlabamaFollow
Ursula Becker, Georgia Military CollegeFollow
David McElreath, University of MississippiFollow
Hilliard Lackey, Jackson State UniversityFollow
Don Jones, Belhaven UniversityFollow
Feng He, Mississippi State University
Mingyu Li, University of West Alabama
Shimin Lin, University of West Alabama

Abstract

Plagiarism, cheating, and academic dishonesty affect institutions of higher education. This study examines student perceptions of plagiarism within a Southern, Division-II teaching institution. This study employed a five-point Likert-scale to examine differences of perceptions between male versus female business students. Two statistically significant outcomes were observed between males and females involving the notions that plagiarism is perceived as a necessary evil and that plagiarism is illegal. Respectively, the analyses of the means showed that both male and female respondents tended toward disagreement concerning whether plagiarism is a necessary evil and neutrality regarding whether plagiarism is illegal.

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Doss, Daniel Adrian; Henley, Russ; Becker, Ursula; McElreath, David; Lackey, Hilliard; Jones, Don; He, Feng; Li, Mingyu; and Lin, Shimin (2016) "Assessing Male vs. Female Business Student Perceptions of Plagiarism at a Southern Institution of Higher Education," Georgia Educational Researcher: Vol. 13: Iss. 1, Article 1.
DOI: 10.20429/ger.2016.130101
Available at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gerjournal/vol13/iss1/1