Factors Affecting Student’s Academic Dishonesty During Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the influence of motivation, personality traits, perceived opportunities, student attitudes, and actions taken by students on academic dishonesty in online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. The population of this study were students majoring in Accounting, DIII and DIV Accounting, Padang State Polytechnic. The results of this study indicate the variable personality traits have a negative effect on the behavior of student academic e-dishonesty. This study also found that student attitudes and actions taken had a positive effect on academic e-dishonesty and personality traits had a negative effect on academic e-dishonesty. Meanwhile variable motivation and perceived opportunity had no effect on academic e-dishonesty.

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