Plagiarism: An Empirical Evidence of Business Students

Syezreen Dalina Rusdi; Norashikin Hussein; Nor Azian Abdul Rahman; Fauziah Noordin

doi:10.21834/e-bpj.v1i4.181

Authors

Syezreen Dalina Rusdi Universiti Teknologi Mara
Norashikin Hussein Universiti Teknologi Mara
Nor Azian Abdul Rahman Universiti Teknologi Mara
Fauziah Noordin Centre for Postgraduate & Professional Studies (CPPS)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v1i4.181

Keywords:

Acedemic Dishonesty, Self-Perceived Plagiarism

Abstract

As the education world places countless emphasis on achievement and success, the issue of academic dishonesty particularly involving plagiarism has reached prevalent extents especially in the institutions of higher learning. Since this contemporary problem in higher education requires very urgent attention to curb, various factors were assessed for their influence on students’ degree of plagiarism act. Therefore, this paper focuses on the extent of the business students’ self-perceived plagiarism and factors contributing to the act. A total of 152 questionnaires were collected from final year students of four business degree programs in one of a public university in Malaysia. Findings revealed that negative attitude, followed by competence lacking were the major contributors of self-perceived plagiarism. Discussion and significance of the study are further discussed.

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