Antecedents of likelihood of cheating (study on undergraduate student)

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Bagus Indrawan - F0207044 - Fak. Ekonomi dan Bisnis

The purpose of this research is to examine the variables that influence likelihood of cheating. Specifically, this research wants to examine whether learner autonomy, lecturer support, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, amotivation, academic performance, prior cheating, and neutralization as considered important variables in forming the likelihood of cheating on undergraduate students. A survey is conducted to collect the data by direct interviews with the means which are guided by questionnaire. This method is done to increase the seriousness in interpreting and filling the questionnaires, so it is expected to obtain accuracy in the data. In this research, the sample consists of 200 undergraduate students who have likelihood of cheating. Convenience sampling technique is a chosen method to make easier in getting the sample. Reliability and validity test are conducted to make ascertain toward the quality of the data. Structural equation modeling is statistical method chosen to elaborate the relationships among variables. The result shows that learner autonomy and lecturer support have significant influence on intrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation and amotivation have significant influence on academic performance, academic performance and prior cheating have also significant influence on neutralization, and neutralization has significant influence on likelihood of cheating. In mediation role, the fully-mediated-model is accepted as the final theoretical model. In this research, both limitation and implication are also discussed in order to give insight toward theoretical, practical and further research aspects. Keyword: likelihood of cheating, motivation, autonomy, support, neutralization.