Abdol Mutalib Abdullah, Somayeh Mokhtari, Farhad Navaee,
Volume 9, Issue 4 (1-2023)
Abstract
Introduction: plagiarism is one of the new phenomena in the academic environment in Iran, which includes different dimensions and types. So, its recognition and rooting are the problems of this research. Therefore, the main goal of the current research is to investigate the context and institutional and individual factors affecting the formation of plagiarism in Iran and provide policy solutions by decision-makers.
Methods: The current research method is descriptive qualitative. The statistical population of the research includes 15 university experts who were selected by judgment and snowball method. The data collection tool is a researcher-made questionnaire, which was completed during three stages (in a round-trip way) of indexing using the Delphi technique, and the validation of the conceptual model of the research was done using experts' opinions.
Results: The findings of the research showed that the factors affecting the occurrence of plagiarism in universities in Iran include two categories of individual and systemic components and 21 indicators related to these components. Individual factors related to the inherent personality characteristics of students such as lack of ideas, inability to manage time, lack of guilt, lack of some skills, and also some deficiencies in professors such as insufficient knowledge, lack of motivation among students, etc. Systemic or institutional factors are mostly due to incomplete and insufficient laws of universities, inappropriate training of these centers, and lack of attention to plagiarism and plagiarism.
Conclusion: In the end, based on both individual and systemic effective components, practical solutions have been presented to deal with plagiarism in universities.
- Khadije Akar, - Mohammad Reza Kiani, - Mahmood Sangari,
Volume 11, Issue 2 (9-2024)
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction/Background: The huge volume of data and information circulating in social networks, along with their popularity and widespread use, exposes these networks to numerous security risks. Therefore, nowadays the security and privacy of users has become one of the most important issues in social networks. Many factors affect the security and privacy of users in social networks, among which this research examines the role of individual factors in the behaviors related to the security and privacy of users in social networks.
Methodology: This descriptive survey used a Researcher-made questionnaire on a sample of students of University of Birjand (375 participants). For questionnaire’s validity, the experts’ opinions was used, and Cronbach's alpha was used for questionnaire’s reliability (0.876).
Findings/: The average of users' overall awareness of security and privacy in social networks was significantly less than the optimal level, while the average of users' overall importance of security and privacy in social networks was higher than the optimal level. The amount of behaviors related to individual factors among the respondents was lower than expected. Also, the mean of attack experience variables, successful privacy changes, visit frequency, technological ability and skills, and perceived ease were significantly lower than desired; But the variables of trust in the system, perceived benefit, perceived risk and perceived importance were significantly more than the desired level. Also, the scores of undergraduate students in all variables were higher than those of master's and doctoral students
Results: Although the respondents attached great importance to topics related to security and privacy, their awareness of many of these topics was less than expected. Also, the subjects of this research did not perform the behaviors related to individual factors related to security and privacy in social networks as expected.
