GHOSTWRITING AMONG BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
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GHOSTWRITING AMONG BUSINESS MANAGEMENT STUDENTS
GHOSTWRITING AMONG BUSINESS MANAGEMENT STUDENTS

Author(s): Zoltan Rozsa
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy
Published by: Univerzita J. Selyeho, Fakulta ekonómie a informatiky
Keywords: manager dishonesty; workplace; plagiarism; ghostwriting

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the study was to identify sociodemographic and situationalconditions that affect business management students in the acceptance of theghostwriter’s services. The study utilised a quantitative design. The study wasconducted at a private university with a population of about 3,500 students. Thedata were collected using convenience sampling. There were 687 usable responses. It represents 62.45% of the sample. Results showed that 29.21% is prone to tolerateacademic dishonesty in the form of using the ghostwriter’s services (Agree = 16.85%,Undecided = 12.36%). Study failed to reject the hypotheses about the impact of thestudy load (p-value = 0.0657) and gender differences (p-value = 0.6912) on ghostwriting.On the other hand, the differences in students attitude by degree (p-value <.0001) andgeneration (p-value = 0.0001) were identified.

  • Issue Year: 7/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 151-161
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English