Do Birds of a Feather Cheat Together? How Personality and Relationships Affect Student Cheating

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dc.contributor.authorScrimpshire, Alex J.
dc.contributor.authorStone, Thomas H.
dc.contributor.authorKisamore, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorJawahar, I.M.
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-11T17:28:07Z
dc.date.available2022-03-11T17:28:07Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionThis version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10805-016-9267-5.en_US
dc.description.abstractAcademic misconduct is widespread in schools, colleges, and universities and it appears to be an international phenomenon that also spills over into the workplace (Nonis and Swift 2001; Sims 1993; Stone et al. 2011). To this end, while a great deal of research has investigated various individual components such as, demographic, personality and situational factors that contribute to cheating, research has yet to examine why students help others cheat and which students are being asked to help others cheat. In this study, we investigated if the closeness of the relationship to the individual requesting help in cheating to the individual being asked to help cheat, influenced the decision to help cheat. We also investigated if past cheating behavior predicted how an individual would respond to requests to cheat. Additionally, we sought to answer the following questions; whether minor cheating is more prevalent than serious cheating, what personality factors predict helping others cheat, who is helped, and how people rationalize helping others cheat. Results indicate minor cheating to be more prevalent, prudent personalities are less likely to have cheated or to help others cheat, individuals are more likely to help friends cheat than to help strangers, and past cheating behaviors is indicative of helping others to cheat. Implications for research and practice are discussed.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationScrimpshire, A.J., Stone, T.H., Kisamore, J.L., & Jawahar, I.M. (2017). Do birds of a feather cheat together? How personality and relationships affect student cheating. Journal of Academic Ethics, 15(1), 1-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10805-016-9267-5en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10805-016-9267-5en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11244/334963
dc.languageen_USen_US
dc.subjectacademic integrityen_US
dc.subjectcheatingen_US
dc.subjectpersonalityen_US
dc.subjecthelpingen_US
dc.subjectmisconducten_US
dc.titleDo Birds of a Feather Cheat Together? How Personality and Relationships Affect Student Cheatingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
ou.groupDodge Family College of Arts and Sciences::Department of Psychologyen_US

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