Cybertechnology has become a fundamental part of educational institutions, with the student’s routine to use these technologies to communicate, learn and play, causing a need for understanding the impact and general principles of ethical computer use in academia. However, the practice of cyberethics in these environments has presented many challenges for the institutions. This study, based on the theory of planned behaviour, examined the differences in ethical cyber behavioural intention of Nigerian and South African students using a multi-group analysis. The study adopted a survey research design– structured questionnaires were randomly distributed among students of two purposively selected universities, one in South Africa and the other Nigeria. Structural equation modelling was employed to test the proposed model fit. Overall, 450 undergraduate students participated in the survey; 343 respondents completed and returned the questionnaire, resulting in a response rate of 76.2%. The subjective norm was found to be statistically significant in influencing students’ ethical cyber behavioural intention with cyber technologies. The study contributes to the extant literature on the application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). The originality and value of this study can be viewed from the application of a socio-psychology theory to determine ethical cyber behavioural intention in relation to cybertechnology, which provides further evidence that the TPB can be applied to cyberethics research. Moreover, to the best of authors’ knowledge, this is a pioneer study that comprehensively examines the linkage of components of TPB with ethical cyber behavioural intention in joint samples from South Africa and Nigeria.

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尼日利亚和南非学生道德网络行为意图的差异：基于计划行为理论的多组分析

网络技术已成为教育机构的基本组成部分，学生习惯于使用这些技术进行交流、学习和娱乐，因此需要了解学术界使用计算机道德的影响和一般原则。然而，这些环境中的网络伦理实践给这些机构带来了许多挑战。本研究基于计划行为理论，通过多组分析检验了尼日利亚和南非学生在道德网络行为意图方面的差异。该研究采用了调查研究设计——结构化问卷随机分布在两所有目的地选择的大学的学生中，一所在南非，另一所在尼日利亚。采用结构方程建模来测试所提出的模型拟合。全面的，450名本科生参与了调查；343 名受访者完成并返回问卷，回复率为 76.2%。主观规范被发现在影响学生道德网络行为意图方面具有统计学意义。该研究有助于现有关于计划行为理论 (TPB) 应用的文献。本研究的独创性和价值可以从社会心理学理论的应用来确定与网络技术相关的伦理网络行为意图，这为TPB可以应用于网络伦理研究提供了进一步的证据。此外，据作者所知，