Exploring the relationship between Internet ethics in university students and the big five model of personality

The widespread use of the Internet and the convenient mechanism it provides, such as easy access, easy downloads, and easy copy and paste functions have made many types of unethical behaviors easier, particularly those involving students in academic settings. Among the issues in ethics within the ac...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Karim, Nor Shahriza, Ahmad Zamzuri, Nurul Hidayah, Muhamad Nor, Yakinah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2009
Subjects:	QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
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spelling	iium-134512013-07-22T04:45:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/13451/ Exploring the relationship between Internet ethics in university students and the big five model of personality Abdul Karim, Nor Shahriza Ahmad Zamzuri, Nurul Hidayah Muhamad Nor, Yakinah QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science The widespread use of the Internet and the convenient mechanism it provides, such as easy access, easy downloads, and easy copy and paste functions have made many types of unethical behaviors easier, particularly those involving students in academic settings. Among the issues in ethics within the academic environment that can be triggered by the Internet are fraudulence, plagiarism, falsification, delinquency, unauthorized help, and facility misuse. Given these issues, the study seeks to investigate the extent to which students at a public university in Malaysia engage in such unethical behavior and their relationship with the big five personality model. This study was conducted using a survey method of 252 students in three different academic faculties. The results of factor analyses confirm and refine the reliability of the scales for both big five personality variables and unethical Internet behaviors as conceptualized through Internet triggered academic dishonesty (ITADS). The findings indicate that personality traits such as (1) agreeableness, (2) conscientiousness and (3) emotional stability are significantly and negatively correlated with unethical Internet behavior in university students. Significant differences in facility misuse are also observed between the three academic faculties investigated. This research should provide significant contributions to educators in designing the computer ethics curriculum and in allowing for educational institutions as well as other organizations in developing relevant policies and guidelines on matters pertaining to academic conduct, utilization of computers and Internet, and recruitment exercises. Elsevier 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/13451/4/Exploring_the_relationship_between_Internet_ethics.pdf Abdul Karim, Nor Shahriza and Ahmad Zamzuri, Nurul Hidayah and Muhamad Nor, Yakinah (2009) Exploring the relationship between Internet ethics in university students and the big five model of personality. Computers & Education, 53 (1). pp. 86-93. ISSN 0360-1315 http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-and-education/ doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2009.01.001
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description	The widespread use of the Internet and the convenient mechanism it provides, such as easy access, easy downloads, and easy copy and paste functions have made many types of unethical behaviors easier, particularly those involving students in academic settings. Among the issues in ethics within the academic environment that can be triggered by the Internet are fraudulence, plagiarism, falsification, delinquency, unauthorized help, and facility misuse. Given these issues, the study seeks to investigate the extent to which students at a public university in Malaysia engage in such unethical behavior and their relationship with the big five personality model. This study was conducted using a survey method of 252 students in three different academic faculties. The results of factor analyses confirm and refine the reliability of the scales for both big five personality variables and unethical Internet behaviors as conceptualized through Internet triggered academic dishonesty (ITADS). The findings indicate that personality traits such as (1) agreeableness, (2) conscientiousness and (3) emotional stability are significantly and negatively correlated with unethical Internet behavior in university students. Significant differences in facility misuse are also observed between the three academic faculties investigated. This research should provide significant contributions to educators in designing the computer ethics curriculum and in allowing for educational institutions as well as other organizations in developing relevant policies and guidelines on matters pertaining to academic conduct, utilization of computers and Internet, and recruitment exercises.
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author	Abdul Karim, Nor Shahriza Ahmad Zamzuri, Nurul Hidayah Muhamad Nor, Yakinah
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title	Exploring the relationship between Internet ethics in university students and the big five model of personality
title_short	Exploring the relationship between Internet ethics in university students and the big five model of personality
title_full	Exploring the relationship between Internet ethics in university students and the big five model of personality
title_fullStr	Exploring the relationship between Internet ethics in university students and the big five model of personality
title_full_unstemmed	Exploring the relationship between Internet ethics in university students and the big five model of personality
title_sort	exploring the relationship between internet ethics in university students and the big five model of personality
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