Beyond the syllabus
How the fidelity of GenAI governance implementation shapes student trust and transparency behaviours
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22423738 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wanqing Xia (0009-0002-0787-3675, Wuhan College of Arts and Sciences), Wei Wei (0000-0003-1852-2811, Guangxi Normal University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-18 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-21 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Innovations in Education and Teaching International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1470-3297 • E-ISSN: 1470-3300 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14703297.2026.2655907 |
| OpenAlex | W7155175006 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
Generative AI policies are proliferating in higher education, yet students’ disclosure or concealment of AI assistance may depend less on written rules than on how governance is enacted. In a four-wave longitudinal study of 739 students in 25 courses, we examined how course-level governance shapes transparency through procedural justice and trust. Multilevel regression indicated that implementation fidelity was a more consistent predictor of procedural justice than policy procedural clarity. Procedural justice predicted trust and, through trust, more disclosure and less concealment. Once trust was included, direct links from procedural justice to both behaviors were nonsignificant, identifying trust as the main mediating pathway. A directional pattern suggested that direct procedural contact may strengthen the justice–trust link, although this interaction was not conventionally significant. Fidelity predicted procedural justice among both contacted and noncontacted students, suggesting governance signals extend beyond direct targets. Consistent, transparent enactment may foster the trust needed for candor.
Accountability · Corporate governance · Fidelity · Higher education · Educational Assessment and Improvement · Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods · Student Assessment and Feedback
Content Analysis
From Smoke and Mirrors to Walking the Talk
Social Justice
A conceptual framework for implementation fidelity
Five Faces of Trust
The Role of Justice in Organizations
On the dimensionality of organizational justice
To disclose or not to disclose
The ethical frontier
Examining academic integrity policy and practice in the era of AI
How does GenAI affect trust in teacher-student relationships? Insights from students’ assessment experiences
“I do not have an opinion about that yet”
(In)justice in academia
Generative artificial intelligence in higher education
The impact of generative AI on academic integrity of authentic assessments within a higher education context
Rethinking Gender Inclusion in Course Curricula
Psychometric properties of the perceived stress scale short form (PSS-10) in Chinese adolescents
Revisiting Foucault’s panopticon
Explaining Why the Computer Says No
Uncertainty management
Institutionalized Organizations
| Highly cited | No |
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