Personality Traits and Plagiarism: an Empirical Study with Portuguese Undergraduate Students

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2016

Authors

Wilks, DC (Author) Other; Cruz, JN (Author) Other; Pedro António Basto de Sousa (Author) FDUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Academic Ethics

Vol. 14

Pages: 231-241

ISSN: 1570-1727

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00P-FMJ

DOI: 10.1007/s10805-016-9261-y

Abstract (EN): Academic dishonesty is a major problem and is thus a highly relevant area of inquiry. Considerable research has shown that key traits from the Big Five model of personality are associated with various forms of anti-social behaviour. To date, however, relatively little research interest has been devoted to study the relationship between personality traits and plagiarism. This study attempts to fill this gap by examining the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and the inclination to commit plagiarism by undergraduate students. The main conclusion is that the inclination to plagiarize is negatively associated with Conscientiousness and Agreeableness traits. Neuroticism was not found to be related to the inclination to plagiarize. Implications of the findings are discussed.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 11