Examining students’ perceptions of plagiarism: A cross-cultural study at tertiary level

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 682-705

  Kayaoğlu, M Naci ^a   Erbay, Şakire ^a   Flitner, Cristina ^b   Saltaş, Doğan ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

academic dishonesty; awareness; cross cultural; perception; plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924362806     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2015.1014320     Document Type: Article

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