Academic staff’s perspectives upon student plagiarism: A case study at a university in hong kong

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 14-26

  Li, Yongyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

English medium universities; Student plagiarism; Turnitin; University policies against plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937971571     PISSN: 02188791     EISSN: 17426855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02188791.2013.835710     Document Type: Article

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