Malaysian University students' attitudes to academic dishonesty and business ethics

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-160

  Ahmad, Zauwiyah ^a   Simun, Maimun ^a   Mohammad, Junaini ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Academic dishonesty; Business education; Business ethics; Malaysia; Students' attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449730752     PISSN: 02188791     EISSN: 17426855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02188790802040721     Document Type: Article

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