Accounting for Cheating: An Evolving Theory and Emergent Themes

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 640-658

  Brent, Edward ^a   Atkisson, Curtis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic integrity; Accounts; Cheating; Mixed method research; Reasons for cheating; Techniques of neutralization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960613453     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-010-9212-1     Document Type: Article

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