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Pertaining to the dumper sources of information available nowadays, the use of information are inquisitive as some of the students might not realize that they have committed plagiarism and some of them are not aware of what plagiarism is about. There is no doubt that the sources of information in this age are known as one of the important factors towards the excellence of students in completing their assignment. However, the issue here is do those students use it in an actual way in performing their tasks? The purposes of this study are to look for the perception of the undergraduate students in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Johor regarding the plagiarism activities and their experiences. The studies on plagiarism among university students have been recognized as an interesting area of study in the academic world and it is important. Several studies found that the number of students who committed plagiarism increased at university and this number seems to be widespread and grows rapidly among the undergraduate students and the research found that the plagiarism activities were done by more than half of the undergraduates. Due to this problem, the objectives of this study are to find out the level of awareness among undergraduate students in plagiarism, to determine the undergraduate student’s knowledge on the sources of information and also to investigate the possible factors that contribute to the plagiarism activities. Taking this view into consideration, a study was conducted amongst undergraduate students in UiTM Johor. This study used quantitative method and 5% of the respondents are from three different faculties, which are Faculty of Accounting, Faculty of Business Management, and Faculty of Information Management. This study used questionnaires as the instruments and those questionnaires were distributed to the selected classes. The findings of the study reveal the genuine way of students gaining information and indicate that plagiarism does exist in UiTM Johor.
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Osman, S., Ahmad, R., Nor Rashidah, M., Mat Yatim, N.H., Sauid, M.K. (2019). Plagiarism and Originality: Student’s Perception. In: Mohamad Noor, M., Ahmad, B., Ismail, M., Hashim, H., Abdullah Baharum, M. (eds) Proceedings of the Regional Conference on Science, Technology and Social Sciences (RCSTSS 2016) . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0203-9_24
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