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Managing Academic Misconduct in the Classroom: A Discriminant Analysis of Subject and Situational Differences Between Cheaters and Non Cheaters

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This paper supports earlier findings that subject variables such as gender, GPA, and neutralizing attitude are significantly related to incidence of cheating among marketing students. Results indicate that in addition to having cheating deterrents in place, it is also essential to change current attitudes of students towards cheating.

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Nonis, S., Swift, C.O. (2015). Managing Academic Misconduct in the Classroom: A Discriminant Analysis of Subject and Situational Differences Between Cheaters and Non Cheaters. In: Ford, J., Honeycutt, Jr., E. (eds) Proceedings of the 1998 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference. Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13084-2_12

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