Rincke J, Cagala T, Glogowsky U (2019)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Other publication type
Publication year: 2019
DOI: 10.1257/rct.4612
Open Access Link: http://www.wirtschaftspolitik.rw.uni-erlangen.de/research/2019_08_12_field.pdf
Educators around the globe often require students to commit to academic
integrity by signing a no-cheating declaration. This paper evaluates
how such no-cheating declarations affect academic cheating. Exploiting
data from a field experiment with undergraduate students, we
identify cheating by comparing the similarity in multiple-choice answers
of seat neighbors and counterfactual neighbors. Our main finding
is that students plagiarize more after having signed a no-cheating
declaration. This effect is driven by students of below-average ability.
Regarding channels, we find evidence suggesting that requesting a
commitment to a no-cheating rule weakens the social norm of academic
integrity and triggers psychological reactance.
APA:
Rincke, J., Cagala, T., & Glogowsky, U. (2019). Does Commitment to a No-Cheating Rule Affect Academic Cheating?
MLA:
Rincke, Johannes, Tobias Cagala, and Ulrich Glogowsky. Does Commitment to a No-Cheating Rule Affect Academic Cheating? 2019.
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