The theory of planned behavior as a model of academic dishonesty in engineering and humanities undergraduates

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-279

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

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic dishonesty; Cheating; Engineering; Humanities; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348965608     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508420701519239     Document Type: Article

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