The effect of fraud triangle factors on students' cheating behaviors

Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages 205-220

  Choo, Freddie ^a   Tan, Kim ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80054847305     PISSN: 10854622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1085-4622(08)09009-3     Document Type: Article

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