The Impact of Anti-Intellectualism Attitudes and Academic Self-Efficacy on Business Students’ Perceptions of Cheating

Abstract

cheating, business students, anti-intellectualism, self-efficacy,

Konformitas Kelompok, Harga Diri Dan Efikasi Diri Sebagai Prediktor Perilaku Ketidakjujuran Akademik Pada Siswa

“…Hal ini juga sejalan dengan pendapat Papalia dkk (2009) bahwa siswa yang memiliki efikasi diri tinggi percaya bahwa mereka dapat menguasai tugas-tugas dan meregulasi cara belajar mereka sendiri, serta paling mungkin mencapai prestasi akademik yang baik disekolah. Chemers dkk (dalam Elias, 2009) menyatakan bahwa tuntutan eksternal lingkungan dapat dilihat sebagai tantangan atau ancaman, Individu dengan efikasi diri tinggi akan menganggap bahwa tugas-tugas tersebut sebagai tantangan daripada sebagai ancaman. Berpijak pada hal ini, peneliti menduga perilaku ketidakjujuran akademik akan rendah pada diri siswa yang memiliki efikasi diri tinggi.…”

Machiavellianism, Moral Orientation, Social Desirability Response Bias, and Anti-intellectualism: A Profile of Canadian Accountants

“…Previous research (Verbeke et al 1996;Rayburn and Rayburn 1996;Bass et al 1999;Pope 2005) has shown that high Machiavellians are more likely to engage in unethical behavior. Further, Elias (2009) found that high anti-intellectuals are less likely to perceive cheating as unethical. However, our study indicates that high Machiavellian accountants are low on anti-intellectualism.…”

“…Disturbingly, accounting majors had the highest scores after undeclared majors. In another study, Elias (2009) reports a negative relationship between AI and students' perception of cheating. Students with high AI were more likely to perceive cheating as ethical.…”

“…Students with high AI were more likely to perceive cheating as ethical. Elias (2009) warns that employers need to consider these findings and include AI and self-efficacy in their performance evaluations because high AI individuals may be less motivated and more likely to commit fraud.…”

“…The two dimensions of ethical orientation studied are relativism and idealism. Anti-intellectualism, the belief that actions are more important than reason; a belief grounded in a disrespect for critical thinking, has been shown to be related to students' perceptions of the acceptability of cheating (Elias 2009). Alarmingly, accounting students' anti-intellectualism scores are among the highest among university students (Elias 2008) leading us to wonder about the relationship between this trait and other ethics-related individual differences variables.…”