Predicting the Underlying Factors of Academic Dishonesty among Undergraduates in Public Universities: A Path Analysis Approach

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-120

  Imran, Adesile M ^a   Nordin, Mohamad Sahari ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Academic dishonesty; Ethical belief; Higher education; Path analysis; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878197980     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-013-9183-x     Document Type: Article

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