How Do Intrinsic Motivations, Work-Related Opportunities, and Well-Being Shape Bureaucratic Corruptibility?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Zhang, Yahong; Kuo, Ming-feng; Guo, Jinyun; Wang, Chun-yuan
• 署名单位: Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; National Taiwan University; National Taiwan University; Sichuan University
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.13034
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 552-564
• 关键词: public-service motivation; job-satisfaction; ETHICAL LEADERSHIP; political corruption; Red tape; GOVERNMENT; CHINA; fit; willingness; PERSPECTIVE

摘要

A large body of research focuses on the institutional factors that shape country-level corruption and the effectiveness of macro-level anticorruption measures; however, corruption at the individual level remains understudied and thus poorly understood. This article examines the underlying causes of and mechanisms through which individual government bureaucrats engage in corruption. The researchers develop a framework that incorporates intrinsic motivations, work-related opportunities, and work-related well-being to test the ways in which these micro-level factors shape bureaucrats' propensity to engage in corrupt behaviors (or corruptibility). Using survey data from more than 1,300 Chinese public employees, the authors identify direct and indirect effects on corruptibility and discuss theoretical and practical implications.