A close encounter with ghost-writers: An initial exploration study on background, strategies and attitudes of independent essay providers

International Journal for Educational Integrity

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sivasubramaniam, Shiva ^a   Kostelidou, Kalliopi ^a   Ramachandran, Sharavan ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contract cheating; Ghost writers; Internationalisation; Paper mills; Plagiarism; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 85062795649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18332595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40979-016-0007-9     Document Type: Article

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