Faculty and student perceptions on college cheating: Evidence from Turkey

Educational Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-231

  Yazici, Asli ^a   Yazici, Sedat ^a   Erdem, Meziyet Sema ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Academic dishonesty; Cheating; Higher education; Plagiarism; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952726290     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055698.2010.506321     Document Type: Article

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