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Comprehending the Cultural Causes of English Writing Plagiarism in Chinese Students at a Western-Style University

Journal of business ethics, 2019-02, Vol.154 (3), p.631-642 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer Nature B.V. 2019 ;Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2017 ;Journal of Business Ethics is a copyright of Springer, (2017). All Rights Reserved. ;ISSN: 0167-4544 ;EISSN: 1573-0697 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10551-017-3441-6

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  • Title:
    Comprehending the Cultural Causes of English Writing Plagiarism in Chinese Students at a Western-Style University
  • Author: James, Mark X. ; Miller, Gloria J. ; Wyckoff, Tyler W.
  • Subjects: Ability ; Accuracy ; Asian students ; Business and Management ; Business Ethics ; Business students ; College students ; Education ; Embarrassment ; Ethics ; Experts ; Higher education ; Imitation ; Learning ; Management ; Original Paper ; Philosophy ; Plagiarism ; Quality of Life Research ; Regression analysis ; Selfreport ; Students ; Writing
  • Is Part Of: Journal of business ethics, 2019-02, Vol.154 (3), p.631-642
  • Description: The purpose of this quantitative study of 401 students is to identify common motivations for Chinese students to plagiarize on written English assignments and ultimately to demystify and understand the mindset of Chinese students who do plagiarize. According to a regression analysis of these data, the most significant factor relating to likelihood to self-report plagiarism for Chinese students is the belief in a "standard answer," which represents the correct answer to a given question. The regression results also suggest that students who believe that imitation of experts is important to learning are more likely to self-report plagiarism, and that business students are more likely to self-report than non-business students. The other factors examined in our model, such as English writing ability; ability to express one's self in English writing; embarrassment about English writing ability; concern for accuracy of English writing; and concerns about grade point average, were not significant predictors of self-reported plagiarism. These results give a key insight into the English writing plagiarism behaviors of Chinese students studying in Western higher education.
  • Publisher: Dordrecht: Springer
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0167-4544
    EISSN: 1573-0697
    DOI: 10.1007/s10551-017-3441-6
  • Source: ProQuest One Psychology
    ProQuest Central
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