Modeling academic dishonesty: The role of student perceptions and misconduct type

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-21

  Bisping, Timothy O ^a   Patron, Hilde ^b   Roskelley, Kenneth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheating; Dishonesty; Econometric modeling; Student misconduct

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649338437     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JECE.39.1.4-21     Document Type: Article

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