Attitudes of Business Students' Toward Plagiarism

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 185-199

  Quah, Chun Hoo ^a   Stewart, Natalie ^b   Lee, Jason Wai Chow ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b Agilent   (Malaysia)

^c NILAI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Ethical idealism; Ethical relativism; Machiavellianism and religious orientation; Plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865567948     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-012-9157-4     Document Type: Article

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