Students' Academic Cheating in Chinese Universities: Prevalence, Influencing Factors, and Proposed Action

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 169-184

  Ma, Yuchao ^a   McCabe, Donald L ^b   Liu, Ruizhi ^a  

^a WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic cheating; China; Extracurricular activities; Individual performance; Individual pressure; Organization deterrence; Peers' cheating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880788225     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-013-9186-7     Document Type: Article

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