Students Reported for Cheating Explain What They Think Would Have Stopped Them

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 229-252

  Beasley, Eric M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic dishonesty; cheating; deviance; neutralization; strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896886587     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508422.2013.845533     Document Type: Article

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