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

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作者：
Wilks D.C. [1 ]
Cruz J.N. [2 ]
Sousa P. [3 ]
机构：
[1] School of Social Sciences, European University, Quinta do Bom Nome, Lisbon
[2] Faculty of Law, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas, Porto
[3] Faculty of Law & School of Criminology, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas, Porto
来源：
Journal of Academic Ethics | 2016年 / 14卷 / 3期
关键词：
Academic dishonesty; Big five model; Personality traits; Plagiarism; White collar crime;
D O I：
10.1007/s10805-016-9261-y
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摘要：
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. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
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页数：10
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