TY - JOUR
T1 - The characteristics of academic plagiarism in four universities in the city of Arequipa
T2 - A comparative study conducted on male and female students
AU - Arias-Chávez, Dennis
AU - Ramos-Quispe, Teresa
AU - Villalba-Condori, Klinge Orlando
AU - Postigo-Zumarán, Julio E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Primrose Hall Publishing Group.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The objective of this study is to characterize academic plagiarism in male and female students from four universities in the city of Arequipa, Peru. The sample consisted of 1370 students, including 717 females (52.3%) and 653 males (47.7%). A questionnaire was distributed to the students with closed questions that evaluate the behaviours and perceptions about academic plagiarism from a multidimensional point of view. A quantitative approach to cross-sectional descriptive design was proposed. The results indicate that, regarding behaviour towards academic plagiarism, there are similarities in the answers given by both females and males, who stated that "once" they had behaviours related to plagiarism in the university. Regarding the perception of this phenomenon in basic processes of citation and referencing of the sources used, there were some differences between the genders. The survey concludes that both female and male students show similar behaviours and perceptions regarding situations related to acts of academic plagiarism.
AB - The objective of this study is to characterize academic plagiarism in male and female students from four universities in the city of Arequipa, Peru. The sample consisted of 1370 students, including 717 females (52.3%) and 653 males (47.7%). A questionnaire was distributed to the students with closed questions that evaluate the behaviours and perceptions about academic plagiarism from a multidimensional point of view. A quantitative approach to cross-sectional descriptive design was proposed. The results indicate that, regarding behaviour towards academic plagiarism, there are similarities in the answers given by both females and males, who stated that "once" they had behaviours related to plagiarism in the university. Regarding the perception of this phenomenon in basic processes of citation and referencing of the sources used, there were some differences between the genders. The survey concludes that both female and male students show similar behaviours and perceptions regarding situations related to acts of academic plagiarism.
KW - Behavior
KW - Perception
KW - Plagiarism
KW - Students
KW - University
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85083063247&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85083063247
SN - 2201-1315
VL - 11
SP - 358
EP - 373
JO - International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change
JF - International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change
IS - 10
ER -