Factors influencing engineering students' decisions to cheat by type of assessment

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 643-684

  Passow, Honor J ^a   Mayhew, Matthew J ^b   Finelli, Cynthia J ^a,e   Harding, Trevor S ^c   Carpenter, Donald D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Lawrence Technological University ^*  (United States)

^e 1071 Palmer Commons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cheating; Engineering; Examinations; Higher education; Homework; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744812421     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-006-9010-y     Document Type: Article

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