An Empirical Study of Gift Authorships in Business Journals

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 283-287

  Manton, Edgar J ^a   English, Donald E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic dishonesty; coauthor; guest authorships; undeserved authorships; unearned authorships

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555173396     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEB.83.5.283-287     Document Type: Article

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