Mediating Effect of Intention on Attitude to Academic Dishonesty among Undergraduate Students in Public Universities in Ghana

Abstract

The study was designed to ascertain the mediating effect of intention on attitude toward academic dishonesty among students in public universities in Ghana. The study adopted the survey-inferential design to randomly sample the views of 1,200 university students by structured questionnaire. Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) were used for the analyses. It was ascertained that the mediating role of intention produced an indirect effect on attitude to academic dishonesty which was significant. It was concluded that an increase in intention to commit academic dishonesty will lead to an increase in academic dishonesty behaviour. It is recommended that university authorities enforce the rules and regulations against academic dishonesty fully without fear or favour. There should be no sacred cows, all offenders who might condone and connive the menace should be severely punished.