Academics’ understandings of the authorial academic writer: a qualitative analysis of authorial identity

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1468-1483

  Cheung, Kevin Yet Fong ^a   Elander, James ^b   Stupple, Edward James Nairn ^b   Flay, Michael ^b  

^a University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic writing; authorial identity; pedagogy; Plagiarism; thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006873796     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2016.1264382     Document Type: Article

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