Who are All These Cheaters? Characteristics of Academically Dishonest Students

Psychology of Academic Cheating

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 9-32

  Miller, Angela ^c   Murdock, Tamera ^a   Anderman, Eric ^b   Poindexter, Amy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c NONE

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012372541-7/50003-6     Document Type: Chapter

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