JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION THEORY AND PRACTICE

Whistle-Blowing in the Classroom?

Author(s): Thomas H. Stone, Jennifer L. Kisamore, Donald Kluemper, I. M. Jawahar

Citation: Thomas H. Stone, Jennifer L. Kisamore, Donald Kluemper, I. M. Jawahar, (2012) "Whistle-Blowing in the Classroom?," Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, Vol.12, Iss. 5, pp. 11 - 26

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

Although a large body of research has examined academic cheating, very little attention has been devoted to student reporting of academic misconduct. We argue academic integrity violations are similar to but different in some ways from whistle-blowing. Using data from 131 business students, we use hierarchical regression to show how demographic, personality, attitudinal and contextual factors combine to predict intention to report cheating. The adjusted R squared for the model is .45. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.