Personality Traits and Plagiarism: an Empirical Study with Portuguese Undergraduate Students
| Autor: | José N. Cruz, Daniela C. Wilks, Pedro Sousa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Agreeableness
Sociology and Political Science Academic dishonesty 05 social sciences 050301 education Conscientiousness Neurosis Big Five personality traits and culture medicine.disease Neuroticism Hierarchical structure of the Big Five Education Philosophy Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) 0502 economics and business medicine Big Five personality traits Psychology 0503 education Social psychology 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Academic Ethics. 14:231-241 |
| ISSN: | 1572-8544 1570-1727 |
| Popis: | Academic dishonesty is a major problem and is thus a highly relevant area of inquiry. Considerable research has shown that key traits from the Big Five model of personality are associated with various forms of anti-social behaviour. To date, however, relatively little research interest has been devoted to study the relationship between personality traits and plagiarism. This study attempts to fill this gap by examining the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and the inclination to commit plagiarism by undergraduate students. The main conclusion is that the inclination to plagiarize is negatively associated with Conscientiousness and Agreeableness traits. Neuroticism was not found to be related to the inclination to plagiarize. Implications of the findings are discussed. |
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