Why Do Students Plagiarise? An empirical study on Built Environment Students Amidst Covid-19

Afzan Ahmad Zaini; Julaihi Wahid; Hun Chuen Gui; John Tookey

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v8i24.4628

Authors

Afzan Ahmad Zaini Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Malaysia
Julaihi Wahid Department of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Malaysia
Hun Chuen Gui Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Malaysia
John Tookey Built Environment Engineering, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v8i24.4628

Keywords:

Modelling, Online Examination, Plagiarism

Abstract

Plagiarism has been battering higher education since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Hence, this research aimed to develop a model to elucidate the types, reasons and strategies to mitigate Plagiarism and misconduct in online examinations. The instrument employed for this research was an online questionnaire, and the study population was determined to be built environment students from five institutions of higher learning. A total of 308 survey forms were analysed using factor analysis, structural equation modelling (SEM) and content analysis. In addition, sixteen (16) case studies were presented and examined to validate the findings.

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