ERIC Number: EJ997454
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
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Academic Misconduct: A Goals-Plans-Action Approach to Peer Confrontation and Whistle-Blowing
Henningsen, Mary Lynn Miller; Valde, Kathleen S.; Denbow, Jessica
Communication Education, v62 n2 p148-168 2013
Academic misconduct is a serious, pervasive, communication phenomenon on college campuses. In this study, the goals-plans-action model (Dillard, 1990) was used as a theoretical framework to investigate peer confrontation of cheating and whistle-blowing to a course instructor. In an experiment, participants were asked to respond to measures of primary and secondary goals, plans, explicit confrontation of a peer, and whistle-blowing. The primary goal and secondary goal predicted explicit confrontation. Whistle-blowing was predicted by either the primary goal and the affect management secondary goal (for same-group peers) or the personal resource secondary goal (for peers in other class groups). (Contains 5 tables and 3 notes.)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cheating, Campuses, Disclosure, Faculty, Ethics, Social Responsibility, Peer Influence, Peer Relationship, Models, Conflict, Behavior Standards, Social Behavior, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Research, Goal Orientation, Motivation, Identification, Decision Making, Gender Differences, Moral Values, Group Membership, Sex
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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