A comparison of Chinese and Australian university students’ attitudes towards plagiarism

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 231-246

  Ehrich, John ^a   Howard, Steven J ^b   Mu, Congjun ^c   Bokosmaty, Sahar ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c SHANGHAI MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

attitudes; plagiarism; Rasch analysis; tertiary; university

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949112068     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2014.927850     Document Type: Article

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