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    Making our measures match perceptions: Do severity and type matter when assessing academic misconduct offenses
    (2014-09-26) Stone, Thomas H.; Kisamore, Jennifer L.; Jawahar, I.M.; Bolin, Jocelyn Holden
    Traditional approaches to measurement of violations of academic integrity may overestimate the magnitude and severity of cheating and confound panic with planned cheating. Differences in the severity and level of premeditation of academic integrity violations have largely been unexamined. Results of a study based on a combined sample of business students showed that students are more likely to commit minor cheating offenses and engage in panic-based cheating as compared to serious and planned cheating offenses. Results also indicated there is a significant interaction between severity and type (planned vs. panic) of cheating. We hypothesized serious and planned cheating offenses would be related to justifications and found the largest differences were between panic and planned. Finally, panic and minor cheating were associated with two self-control-related personality traits. Implications for cheating research are discussed.
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    Predicting academic misconduct intentions and behavior using the theory of planned behavior and personality
    (2010-02-23) Stone, Thomas H.; Jawahar, I.M.; Kisamore, Jennifer L.
    The efficacy of Azjen’s (1985; 1991) Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) for the prediction of cheating intentions and behaviors was examined in a sample of 241 business undergraduates. Mediated structural equation models of the TPB, with personality constructs, adjustment and prudence, as antecedents were examined. The TPB model explained 21% of the variance in cheating intentions and 36% of cheating behavior. Results support both the TPB model and a partially mediated model in which prudence, but not adjustment, is significantly related to model components, attitudes, norms, control and behavior but not intention to cheat. These results suggest the TPB model may parsimoniously integrate and advance academic misconduct research. Further TPB research and practical implications are discussed.