Academic Dishonesty at Universities: The Case of Plagiarism Among Iranian Language Students

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 275-295

  Rezanejad, Atefeh ^a   Rezaei, Saeed ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Academic dishonesty; Iran; Language students; Perception; Plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887454643     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-013-9193-8     Document Type: Article

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