http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2016(I-I).19
10.31703/grr.2016(I-I).19
Published : Dec 2016
Exploring the Attitudes of Undergraduate Students towards Plagiarism in Public and Private Institutions
The purpose of the study is to explore the attitude of undergraduate students towards plagiarism from both public and private higher educational institutions. A cross-sectional survey was used to collect the data through adopted questionnaire which comprised of three subscales; positive attitude, negative attitude and subjective norms towards plagiarism. Data was collected from 309 students of BS-Mathematics (n=155) and BS-English (n=154) programs in which 153 students are from public and 156 are from private institutions. Descriptive and inferential statistics methods were used to analyse the data. The results of the study revealed that undergraduate students from both programs have medium level of positive and negative attitude towards plagiarism. The findings show that there is no difference in positive attitude towards plagiarism, however difference is noted in negative attitude and subjective norms towards plagiarism between public and private students. Similarly no difference appears on the basis of three subscales between BS Mathematics and BS English undergraduate students.
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Plagiarism, Positive Attitude, Negative Attitude, Subjective Norms
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(1) Shahzada Qaisar
Assistant Professor, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Sumaira Rashid
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, F.C. College, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Aashiq Hussain Dogar
Associate Professor, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Qaisar, S., Rashid, S., & Dogar, A. H. (2016). Exploring the Attitudes of Undergraduate Students towards Plagiarism in Public and Private Institutions. Global Regional Review, I(I), 243-259. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2016(I-I).19
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CHICAGO : Qaisar, Shahzada, Sumaira Rashid, and Aashiq Hussain Dogar. 2016. "Exploring the Attitudes of Undergraduate Students towards Plagiarism in Public and Private Institutions." Global Regional Review, I (I): 243-259 doi: 10.31703/grr.2016(I-I).19
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HARVARD : QAISAR, S., RASHID, S. & DOGAR, A. H. 2016. Exploring the Attitudes of Undergraduate Students towards Plagiarism in Public and Private Institutions. Global Regional Review, I, 243-259.
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MHRA : Qaisar, Shahzada, Sumaira Rashid, and Aashiq Hussain Dogar. 2016. "Exploring the Attitudes of Undergraduate Students towards Plagiarism in Public and Private Institutions." Global Regional Review, I: 243-259
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MLA : Qaisar, Shahzada, Sumaira Rashid, and Aashiq Hussain Dogar. "Exploring the Attitudes of Undergraduate Students towards Plagiarism in Public and Private Institutions." Global Regional Review, I.I (2016): 243-259 Print.
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OXFORD : Qaisar, Shahzada, Rashid, Sumaira, and Dogar, Aashiq Hussain (2016), "Exploring the Attitudes of Undergraduate Students towards Plagiarism in Public and Private Institutions", Global Regional Review, I (I), 243-259
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TURABIAN : Qaisar, Shahzada, Sumaira Rashid, and Aashiq Hussain Dogar. "Exploring the Attitudes of Undergraduate Students towards Plagiarism in Public and Private Institutions." Global Regional Review I, no. I (2016): 243-259. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2016(I-I).19