An examination of online cheating among business students through the lens of the Dark Triad and Fraud Diamond
At a Glance
Section titled āAt a Glanceā| Metadata | Details |
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| Publication Date | 2022-08-24 |
| Journal | Ethics & Behavior |
| Authors | Kenneth J. Smith, David Emerson, Timothy Haight, Bob G. Wood |
| Institutions | College of Business Administration, Salisbury University |
| Citations | 20 |
Abstract
Section titled āAbstractāBusiness students have long been noted for their differential proclivity to engage in academic misconduct. Unfortunately, the potential for misconduct has been exacerbated in recent years by rapid advances in technology, easy access to information, competitive pressures, and the proliferation of websites that provide students access to information that allows them to directly circumvent the learning process. Using a convenience sample of 631 students matriculating in various business majors at four U.S. universities and structural equations modeling procedures, this study assesses the effects of psychological factors on business studentsā propensities to utilize the services of homework assistance websites. Specifically, we examine how āDark Triadā personality traits (i.e., narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) interact with Fraud Diamond elements to influence student decisions to engage the services of these websites. We find that each Dark Triad trait exerts a significant influence on at least one of the Fraud Diamond elements, which in turn have a significant direct or indirect positive association with studentsā reported intentions to utilize, and reported utilization of, these websites.
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Section titled āReferencesā- 2018 - The handbook of attitudes volume 1: Basic principles