THE ROLE OF TURNITIN IN MAINTAINING ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: A BACKGROUND STUDY ON LARGE UNIVERSITIES IN LAHORE, PAKISTAN

This study selected large size universities from Lahore, Pakistan to find out the role of one of the text matchings softwares “Turnitin” in maintaining the academic integrity. The major objective of this study was to explore the role of text matching software in maintaining academic integrity. One hundred and ninety-two faculty members from selected universities having instructor’s account of Turnitin who participated in this study through their responses. A Quantitative research design followed by survey method was opted to conduct this study and self developed questionnaire was used for data gathering. Results of the study enlightened that text matching software Turnitin is playing significant role in maintaining academic integrity. The use of text matching software (Turnitin) strengthens the academic integrity among academic institutions as well as maintains quality of work and improves writing skills among researchers. Significant positive effects of research skills, use of Turnitin, expectation of Turnitin were found on academic integrity while negative effect of training need was seen on academic integrity.