Faculty Perceptions of Student Self Plagiarism: An Exploratory Multi-university Study

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 297-310

  Halupa, Colleen ^a,b,c   Bolliger, Doris U ^d  

^a LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic honesty; Faculty perceptions; Recycling; Self plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887486697     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-013-9195-6     Document Type: Article

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