The tangled web: Investigating academics' views of plagiarism at the University of Cape Town

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 513-528

  de Jager, Karin ^a   Brown, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Academic literacies; Academic misconduct; Academic writing; Plagiarism; Writing skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954989571     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070903222641     Document Type: Article

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