The study investigate cheating behaviour among Business Education Students in Ogun State. Cheating behaviour is as old as examination itself and there is high rate of cheating behaviour among Business Education Students in Ogun State. The instrument used in this study was the cheating behaviour scale. The questionnaire consists of 23 items and was administered on 400 students selected from two tertiary institution in Ogun state, Nigeria using stratified sampling techniques in selecting the sample for the study. The findings of the study revealed that students disagrees that doing another students course-work for them, altering data (e.g. adjusting data to obtain a significant result) and submitting course-work from an outside source were not part of cheating behaviour among undergraduates. Moral and religious bodies should be used as a strategy to reduce involvement of students and staff on cheating behaviour.
Keyword: Cheating Behaviour, Business Education, Malpratice, Undergraduate, Examination
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
1.2 Statement of Problem
1.3 Purpose of the Study
1.4 Research Questions
1.5 Significance of the Study
1.6 Delimitation of the Study
1.7 Operational Definition of Terms
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Theoretical Framework
2.1.1 Forms of Cheating Behaviour
2.1.2 Causes of Cheating Behaviour
2.1.3 Consequences of Cheating Behaviour
2.1.4 Curbing Cheating Behaviour in Higher Institution
2.1.5 Expectation and Obligation in Strategic Management Policy
2.2 How Student Think and Act
2.2.1 Reason for Academic Cheating
2.3 Empirical Framework
2.4 Appraisal of Literature
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design
3.2 Population
3.3 Sample and Sampling Techniques
3.4 Research Instrument
3.5 Procedure of Administration of the Instrument
3.6 Method of Data Analysis
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
4.1 Data Analysis
4.2 Summary of Findings
CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1 Discussion of Findings
5.2 Conclusion
5.3 Recommendation
Reference
Appendix A
Appendix B
