An empirical study of software piracy and moral intensity among university students

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 62-71

  Kini, Ranjan B ^a   Rominger, Anna ^a   Vijayaraman, B S ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; TASK ORIENTATION; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

POPULATION STATISTICS; SURVEYS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 23044520001     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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