Academic and professional dishonesty: Student views of cheating in the classroom and on the job

Journalism and Mass Communication Educator

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-53

  Shipley, Linda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 84866016806     PISSN: 10776958     EISSN: 21614326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769580906400104     Document Type: Article

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