Abstract

Academic misconduct has been found to be a general problem in the higher educational institutions globally. Few studies on academic misconduct in Nigeria have been concentrated on universities with few on other higher education institutions. Using the theory of planned behaviour, the present study examined the incidences and prevalence of academic misconduct among students. An ex-post facto research design was adopted and a total of 184 students from Management and Computer Sciences were selected for the study. Two by two factorial ANOVA was used to test the hypotheses. Result revealed a significant interaction effects between intentions and perceived behavioural control (F (1, 183) = 4.831; p < 0.05) and between subjective norm, perceived behavioural control and intentions (F (1, 183) = 6.398; p < 0.05) on academic misconduct. The study recommends that school management should put in place efforts that will help in discouraging academic misconduct among students.