Gender differences in students’ rational decisions to cheat

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 393-414

  Tibbetts, Stephen G ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031510115     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639625.1997.9968068     Document Type: Article

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