A S T U D Y ON T H E P E R C E P T I O N O F P L A G I A R I S M A M O N G U N I V E R S I T Y S T U D E N T
R E E N A I M B I 2012803686
B A C H E L O R IN A D M I N I S T R A T I V E S C I E N C E AND P O L I C Y S T U D Y F A C U L T Y O F A D M I N I S T R A T I V E S C I E N C E AND P O L I C Y S T U D Y
U N I V E R S I T I T E K N O L O G I M A R A S A B A H
D E C E M B E R 2015
Acknowledgements
With much appreciation, I would like to thank all those who supported me during my journey work on this project or research paper.
First, thanks to God for giving me the opportunity, ability and strength to complete this research paper.
Then, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor, Dr. Hjh.
Zuraidah Zaaba for her continuous knowledge, guidance, continuous support, patience in completing my research paper.
Besides that, I would also like to give a special appreciation to the lecturers of Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies ( F S P P P ) of UiTM Sabah, family and friends, and also those who contributed to the success of this research.
A B S T R A C T
The aim of the study was to focus on the perceptions of students on plagiarism. The researcher interviewed the participants with sampling size of 61 participants at the areas of UiTM Sabah. The completion of data helps the researcher to answer the research question. By using Interview technique, all of the three research questions were answered by the participants. The researcher provides nine interview questions with regards to the objective of the study. For research question 1, the answer based on the interview question 1, interview 2, interview 3, interview 4, interview 5 and interview 9. The result of research question 2 are based on the participants answer for Interview 8, that most of the students should using the detection tool of plagiarism and finally, the research question 3 was addressed by the participants explain in Interview 6 and Interview 7 that the reason of plagiarism was the students is lazy. The findings help further study on conduct the research on other branch with similar research paper. The findings are expected for academics and those interested to understand the perceptions of plagiarism.
Keywords - Copyright, perceptions of plagiarism, plagiarism, students.
Table of Contents
The Declaration i Acknowledgement ii
Abstract i"
Table of Contents iv List of Tables v Chapter 1: Introduction 1
1.1 Background of Study 1 1.2 Problem Statement 5 1.3 Research Objectives 6 1.4 Research Question 6 1.5 Scope of Study 7 1.6 Significance of study 7 1.7 Definition of terms 9 Chapter 2: Literature Review and Conceptual Framework 11
2.1 Copyright 11 2.1.1 Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights 13
2.2 Defining Plagiarism 14 2.2.1 Types of plagiarism 15 2.2.2 Plagiarism in the Perspectives of cultures 17
2.3 Reasons of Plagiarism 17 2.4 Strategies to prevent plagiarism 19
2.5 Perceptions of Plagiarism 21 2.6 Conceptual Framework 24 Chapter 3: Research Methodology 25
3.1 Introduction 25 3.1 Research Design 25 3.1.1 Interview Technique 26
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3.2 Population 27 3.3 Sampling size 27 3.4 Instrument and Measurement 27
3.5 Unit of Analysis 27 3.6 Data Collection 28 3.6.1 Primary Data 28 3.7 Procedures 28 3.8 Validity of the Survey 28
Chapter 4: Data Analysis 30 4.1 Data of participants' profile and plagiarism 30
Chapter 5: Discussion and Conclusion 44
5.1 Introduction 44 5.2 Limitation of study 45
5.3 Discussion 45 4.2.1 Research question 1: How students recognize the
issue 45 4.2.2 Research question 2: What is the effective ways to prevent
plagiarism 48 4.2.3 Research question 3: What are the common reasons students
plagiarized 50 5.2 Conclusion 52
5.4 Recommendations for future Research 57
References 58 Appendix: Students Interview 62
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