The impact of anti-intellectualism attitudes and academic self-efficacy on business students' perceptions of cheating

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-209

  Elias, Rafik Z ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti intellectualism; Business students; Cheating; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249083697     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9843-8     Document Type: Article

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