Moral identities, social anxiety, and academic dishonesty among American college students

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-321

  Wowra, Scott A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

College cheating; Ethics; Moral identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348931528     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508420701519312     Document Type: Article

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