Is plagiarism a forerunner of other deviance? Imagined futures of academically dishonest students

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-336

  Lovett Hooper, Gwena ^a   Komarraju, Meera ^b   Weston, Rebecca ^b   Dollinger, Stephen J ^b  

^a Rich Mountain Community College   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic dishonesty; Imagined future; Plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348981704     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508420701519387     Document Type: Article

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