Cheating behaviors in academic context: Does academic moral disengagement matter?

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue , 2011, Pages 356-365

  Farnese, Maria Luisa ^a   Tramontano, Carlo ^b   Fida, Roberta ^a   Paciello, Marinella ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Istituto Nazionale per la valutazione del sistema Educativo di Istruzione e di Formazione   (Italy)

^c SECTION OF MATHEMATICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cheating; College students; Moral disengagement; Peers influence; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555196403     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.11.250     Document Type: Conference Paper

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