University Legitimacy and Student Compliance With Academic Dishonesty Codes: A Partial Test of the Process-Based Model of Self-Regulation

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 83-101

  Reisig, Michael D ^a   Bain, Stacy N ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cheating; compliance; conduct code; legitimacy; plagiarism; procedural justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948446642     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854815611165     Document Type: Article

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