Exploring staff perceptions of student plagiarism

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-156

  Flint, Abbi ^a   Clegg, Sue ^a   Macdonald, Ranald ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Development; Plagiarism; Practice; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746841232     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098770600617562     Document Type: Article

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