Under Pressure to Achieve? The Impact of Type and Style of Task Instructions on Student Cheating

Volume: 10
Published: Aug 14, 2019
Abstract
Combining principles of Achievement Goal Theory, which maintains that performance goals play a key role in individuals’ likelihood of cheating, and Self-Determination Theory, which highlights the importance of individuals’ reasons for adopting achievement goals, we examined whether the combination of experimentally inducing a performance-approach (relative to mastery-approach) goal, combined with controlled or pressured (instead of autonomous...
Paper Details
Title
Under Pressure to Achieve? The Impact of Type and Style of Task Instructions on Student Cheating
Published Date
Aug 14, 2019
Volume
10
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