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Original Articles

Perceptions of Authorial Identity in Academic Writing among Undergraduate Accounting Students: Implications for Unintentional Plagiarism

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Pages 289-306 | Received 01 Nov 2010, Accepted 01 Oct 2011, Published online: 16 Apr 2012

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