Factors influencing plagiarism in higher education: A comparison of German and Slovene students.

ABSTRACT: Over the past decades, plagiarism has been classified as a multi-layer phenomenon of dishonesty that occurs in higher education. A number of research papers have identified a host of factors such as gender, socialisation, efficiency gain, motivation for study, methodological uncertainties or easy access to electronic information via the Internet and new technologies, as reasons driving plagiarism. The paper at hand examines whether such factors are still effective and if there are any differences between German and Slovene students' factors influencing plagiarism. A quantitative paper-and-pencil survey was carried out in Germany and Slovenia in 2017/2018 academic year, with a sample of 485 students from higher education institutions. The major findings of this research reveal that easy acc

SUBMITTER: Jereb E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6086479 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature