Self-reports of student cheating: Does a definition of cheating matter?

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-16

  Burrus, Robert T ^a   McGoldrick, KimMarie ^b   Schuhmann, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheating; Crime; Honor code

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947703020     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JECE.38.1.3-17     Document Type: Article

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