Analysis of Behavioral Factors that Cause Student Academic Fraud

Noer Sasongko*, Mahruf Noor Hasyim and Dahlia Fernandez
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Noer Sasongko*: Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia
Mahruf Noor Hasyim: Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia
Dahlia Fernandez: Faculty of Technology Management and Business, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia

The Journal of Social Sciences Research, 2019, vol. 5, issue 3, 830-837

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Fraud pentagon theory; Gone theory; Student academic fraud; Behavioral factor; Accounting students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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