On the development of students’ attitudes towards corruption and cheating in Russian universities

European Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 128-143

  Denisova Schmidt, Elena ^a,b   Huber, Martin ^c   Leontyeva, Elvira ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^d PACIFIC NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

academic dishonesty; ambivalence; corruption; higher education; matching; Russia; university

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015197055     PISSN: 21568235     EISSN: 21568243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21568235.2016.1154477     Document Type: Article

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