Influence of neutralization attitude in academic dishonesty among undergraduates

• Main Authors: Chan, Ling Meng, Othman, Jamilah, D’Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence, Omar, Zoharah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53377/1/Influence%20of%20neutralization%20attitude%20in%20academic%20dishonesty%20among%20undergraduates.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53377/; http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ies/article/view/35050
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Previous literature had proposed that individuals tend to use neutralization to motivate their decisions to engage in deviant behaviors. This indicated that even though students have strong motivations not to cheat may do so anyway after employing neutralizing strategies. Hence, this study attempted...