The impact of professional unethical beliefs on cheating intention

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 301-316

  Hsiao, Chun Hua ^a   Yang, Chyan ^b  

^a KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cheating; Ethics; The theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960354722     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508422.2011.585597     Document Type: Article

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