Deciding to bribe: A cross-level analysis of firm and home country influences on bribery activity

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Martin, Kelly D.; Cullen, John B.; Johnson, Jean L.; Parboteeah, K. Praveen
• 署名单位: Colorado State University System; Colorado State University Fort Collins; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Whitewater; Washington State University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 1401-1422
• 关键词: ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING; JAPANESE FIRMS; MULTINATIONAL-ENTERPRISE; unofficial activity; ENTRY STRATEGIES; BUSINESS ETHICS; CORRUPTION; management; ANOMIE; IMPACT

摘要

Local firms in their home countries often engage in behavior that constitutes corruption, at least through some cultural lenses. One such practice is bribery of public officials. This study uses multilevel theory to address the question of why bribery activity of this type differs among countries. We analyze responses from nearly 4,000 firms worldwide using hierarchical linear modeling to investigate cross-level predictions about bribery. Drawing from anomie theory, we find support for country-level cultural and institutional drivers of firm-level bribery. We extend anomie theory by showing how firm-level pressures can encourage the supplying of bribes as a firm strategy.