Cheating by economics and business undergraduate students: An exploratory international assessment

Higher Education

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 663-701

  Teixeira, Aurora A C ^a   Rocha, Maria Fátima ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Business; Cheating; Countries; Economics; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951099290     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9274-1     Document Type: Article

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