Abstract:
The aims of this study were: 1) To find out the learning motivation for academic cheating behavior of accounting students as prospective accountants. 2) To find out the misuse of information technology affects the academic cheating behavior of accounting students as prospective accountants. 3) To find out the student's integrity affects the academic cheating behavior of accounting students as prospective accountants. 4) To find out learning motivation, misuse of information technology, and student integrity affect the academic cheating behavior of accounting students as prospective accountants. Case Study of Bosowa University Students.The type of research used is quantitative. The data collection technique used was the distribution of questionnaires to 53 accounting students at the University of Bosowa as the research sample. The data analysis technique used is descriptive statistical analysis, multiple linear regression test, t test, f test and the coefficient of determination test assisted by SPSS V. 25.The results showed that:1) learning motivation partially positive and significant effect on academic cheating, a case study on students at the University of Bosowa, 2) misuseaof information technology partially positiveaeffect on academicacheating, 3) student integrity partially positive and significant effect on academic cheating, and 4) Simultaneously the variables of learning motivation, misuse of information technology and student integrity have a positive and significant effect on academic cheating.
