Collaborative cheating among chinese college students: the effects of peer influence and Individualism-Collectivism orientations

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 54-69

  Zhang, Yinxia ^a   Yin, Hongbiao ^b  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; collaborative cheating; collectivism; individualism; peer influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85065076914     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2019.1608504     Document Type: Article

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