Ghostwriters in the cloud

Journal of Accounting Education

Volumn 34, Issue , 2016, Pages 59-71

  Fisher, Elizabeth ^a   McLeod, Alexander J ^b   Savage, Arline ^c   Simkin, Mark G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic misconduct; Cheating; Ghostwriters; Online classes; Online education; Student authentication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958111361     PISSN: 07485751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccedu.2015.11.001     Document Type: Article

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