Why do college students cheat?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-453

  Simkin, Mark G ^a   McLeod, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheating; Ethical behavior; Student dishonesty; Student misconduct; Theory of reasoned action

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954538954     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0275-x     Document Type: Article

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