Exploring university students' perceptions of plagiarism: A focus group study

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 463-481

  Gullifer, Judith ^a   Tyson, Graham A ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic integrity; College students; Plagiarism; Student ethics; University student

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953489803     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070903096508     Document Type: Article

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