Analysis of Behavioral Factors that Cause Student Academic Fraud

This study aims to examine a number of behavioral factors from students committing academic fraud in university. The subject of this research is the factors that motivate students to commit academic fraud. The Fraud Pentagon Theory and Gone Theory are used. Behavioral factors include arrogance, pres...

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Published inThe Journal of Social Sciences Research no. 53; pp. 830 - 837
Main Authors Sasongko, Noer, Noor Hasyim, Mahruf, Fernandez, Dahlia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 31.03.2019
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Summary:This study aims to examine a number of behavioral factors from students committing academic fraud in university. The subject of this research is the factors that motivate students to commit academic fraud. The Fraud Pentagon Theory and Gone Theory are used. Behavioral factors include arrogance, pressure, opportunity, rationalization, competence, greed, need, and exposure. The population in this study was the undergraduate students in the Accounting Study Program in the Faculty of Economics and Business at Surakarta Muhammadiyah University who had taken courses in Accounting Information Systems and Auditing. This study uses the convenience sampling method as the sampling technique. There were 110 respondents involved. In this study, the hypothesis is subjected to the multiple linear regression analysis.The results of this study show that the factors related to student academic fraud are mainly arrogance and opportunity. Other behavioral factors namely pressure, rationalization, competence, greed, need, and exposure have no effect on student academic fraud.
ISSN:2413-6670
2411-9458
DOI:10.32861/jssr.53.830.837