Academic dishonesty: An exploratory study examining whether insurance students are different from other college students

Risk Management and Insurance Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 209-226

  Eastman, Kevin L ^a   Eastman, Jacqueline K ^a   Iyer, Rajesh ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 40549107984     PISSN: 10981616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6296.2008.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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