Effects of classroom context variables on high school students' judgments of the acceptability and likelihood of cheating

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 765-777

  Murdock, Tamera B ^a   Miller, Angela ^a   Kohlhardt, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

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EID: 10844280608     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.96.4.765     Document Type: Article

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