Document Type : Research Paper
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The purpose of the present study is to examine the influence of individual factors on the incidence of different types of academic misconduct.The method of this study was descriptive, in terms of implementation, it was a survey, and in terms of purpose it was practical. Data for this study were collected using a researcher-constructed questionnaire. Its validity was confirmed by a number of sports management faculty and its reliability calculated 0.87 with Cronbach's alpha. The questionnaire was designed with a Likert scale of 5 values. The participants of the study included physical education students all over the country. Based on geographic regions of the country, five universities selected from the North, South, East, West and the center of the country all of which were graduate students of physical education. The statistical sample of the study included graduate students of Physical Education in Tehran, Shiraz, Kurdistan, Mazandaran and Mashhad Universities. The selection of sample was available by stratified- Stochastic sampling method. Sample size in five colleges determined, based on the number of graduate students of this five faculty, using Morgan table. The findings showed the importance of individual factors, especially the poor management of time (improper use, waste of time) by a student in occurring academic misconduct.In order to deal with all kinds of academic misconduct, the directors of the affair should give special attention to the individual factors, especially the time management as an affecting factor in the incidence of academic misconducts.
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