What behaviours do students consider academically dishonest? Findings from a survey of Canadian undergraduate students

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-23

  Jurdi, Rozzet ^a   Hage, H Sam ^a   Chow, Henry P H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic dishonesty; Determinants; Perceptions; Undergraduate students; Western Canada

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856526492     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-011-9166-y     Document Type: Article

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