Abstract

Research on contract cheating usually considers most forms of outsourcing combined, although studies have found that students more commonly obtain work from those known to them, rather than from commercial sites; yet little research exists which explores which variables and motivators may be associated with this type of outsourcing. Strategies employed to reduce student interaction with essay mills are unlikely to have an impact on reducing outsourcing from friends or family. Implementation of practical responses requires knowledge unique to the different methods of outsourcing. This paper presents statistical analysis undertaken on an international research population to consider which variables were statistically able to predict university student’s engagement in assignment outsourcing from either friends, family or other students. Situational factors, such as knowledge of other student’s cheating, and believing cheating is acceptable, were found to have a correlation to self-reported outsourcing behaviours. Individual factors did not show statistical significance in predicting student engagement with outsourcing from those known to them.

摘要

关于合同欺诈的研究通常综合考虑大多数形式的外包，尽管研究发现学生更常从他们认识的人那里获得工作，而不是从商业网站；然而，很少有研究探索哪些变量和动机可能与这种类型的外包有关。用于减少学生与论文工厂互动的策略不太可能对减少来自朋友或家人的外包产生影响。实际响应的实施需要不同外包方法所特有的知识。本文介绍了对国际研究人群进行的统计分析，以考虑哪些变量能够在统计上预测大学生从朋友、家人或其他学生那里参与作业外包的情况。情境因素，例如知道其他学生的作弊行为，以及相信作弊行为是可以接受的，被发现与自我报告的外包行为相关。个别因素在预测学生参与外包的情况时没有显示出统计显着性。