Plagiarism in the Higher Education Research

Abstract

Plagiarism is an act of ji-aud. it involves thieving someone else 's effort and untruthful about it later. This practice is gaining momentum especially among students. A study has been conducted to determine online plagiarism among students pursuing higher education in the field of management in selected institutes in Haryana. Factor Analysis has been applied on identified attributes. These have been reduced to five factors as copying, penalty, unethical conduct, peers and perception. It has been observed that most of the students are unaware of intellectual property rights. Suggestive measures have been discussed to face the problem effectively.