The Effect of Culture and Organizational Culture on Administrative Corruption
Oct 07, 2019
DOI: 10.1504/IJEBR.2019.103096
Published in: International Journal of Economics and Business Research, Forthcoming articles
Publisher: Inderscience
There is extensive literature on corruption, such as political and corporate corruption, some of which examines factors influencing administrative corruption. However, to the best of our knowledge, the multivariate influences of culture and organizational culture on administrative corruption have not been tested using an integrative approach. This paper attempts to fill the gap by building and testing a comprehensive model. We test a sample of 677 responses that reflect the prospective view of the public in Basra, Iraq, using the partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) approach. Our study finds that corrupt culture and weak organizational culture have direct effects on administrative corruption, while corrupt culture leads to weak organizational culture. The latter mediates the impact of corrupt culture on administrative corruption. The higher level of social class, the lower the impact of corrupt culture on administrative corruption.