Cronyism: A cross-cultural analysis

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Khatri, N; Tsang, EWK; Begley, TM
• 署名单位: University of Missouri System; University of Missouri Columbia; Wayne State University; University College Dublin; Northeastern University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400171
• 发表日期: 2006
• 页码: 61-75
• 关键词: cronyism; individualism; guanxi; CORRUPTION; cultural syndromes; relational models

摘要

The devastating economic effects of the Asian financial crisis and US corporate scandals have underscored the need to strengthen corporate governance provisions. Although cronyism has been suggested as a leading cause of the two crises, it has received little attention from scholars. In this paper, we analyze the concept of cronyism and argue that it comes in various guises arising from different motivational bases and power dependence relations. We distinguish cronyism from related constructs and posit that it is a form of corruption with different dynamics from other forms. We advance propositions on its likelihood of occurrence across cultures and develop a typology of cronyist exchanges.