...Leanna Deorajee Kalicharan; Cathal Butler Purpose This study contributes to the current body of literature on students' understanding of academic misconduct, plagiarism, forms of plagiarism, the reasons they plagiarize, the sanctions imposed by academics for plagiarizing and the methods to address...

...Md Sozon; Wei Fong Pok; Bee Chuan Sia; Omar Hamdan Mohammad Alkharabsheh Purpose This study examined the causes of cheating and plagiarism in higher education from a global perspective and developed strategies for reducing these behaviours. Design/methodology/approach The study followed...

...Majid Farahian; Farnaz Avarzamani; Mehrdad Rezaee Purpose Many scholars have recognized the cultural dependency of the concept of plagiarism and have investigated the influence of cultural attitude on university students' plagiarism; however, since the findings are inconsistent and because...

...Syeda Tuba Javaid; Sameera Sultan; John Fitzgerald Ehrich Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of undergraduate students toward plagiarism and its change (if any) during their four-year study at a Pakistani university. Design/methodology/approach The students who...

...John Ehrich; Steven Howard; James Tognolini; Sahar Bokosmaty Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the issue of failing to psychometrically test questionnaire instruments when measuring university students’ attitudes towards plagiarism. These issues are highlighted by a psychometric...