Students' ethical behavior in Iran

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 277-285

  Nejati, Mehran ^a   Jamali, Reza ^b   Nejati, Mostafa ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ethical behavior; Iran; Students' ethical behavior; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954088288     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-010-9101-4     Document Type: Article

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