Using the theory of planned behavior and cheating justifications to predict academic misconduct

Career Development International

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-241

  Stone, Thomas H ^a   Jawahar, I M ^b   Kisamore, Jennifer L ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Dishonesty; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549084667     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430910966415     Document Type: Article

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