Narcissism, Exploitative Attitudes, and Academic Dishonesty: An Exploratory Investigation of Reality Versus Myth

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-55

  Menon, Mohan K ^a   Sharland, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

academic dishonesty; academic entitlement; exploitative attitudes; narcissism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875857346     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08832321003774772     Document Type: Article

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