Predictive Factors of Academic Integrity in Business Students: A Quantitative Analysis

Abstract

Academic integrity among university students is a high priority. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention to address the inclination toward dishonest behaviour related to academic integrity in undergraduate students. The study focused on two specific objectives. First, it measured the intent to commit academically dishonest acts and, second, it raised awareness among the student community regarding acts that violate academic integrity as defined by the institution’s regulations. To achieve the above, a pre-experimental approach was chosen with a pretest-posttest design involving a single group based on a non-probability convenience sample with a student body of 1304 undergraduate business students, where an instrument was applied before the intervention to establish a baseline. Participants’ response to the interaction was measured with the same instrument at a later time. The findings report that, following the intervention, participants displayed a lower inclination to commit academically dishonest acts, suggesting an improvement in the perception of academic integrity.