Universität zu Köln

Graeff, Peter, Sattler, Sebastian ORCID: 0000-0002-6491-0754, Mehlkop, Guido and Sauer, Carsten ORCID: 0000-0002-8090-6886 (2014). Incentives and Inhibitors of Abusing Academic Positions: Analysing University Students' Decisions about Bribing Academic Staff. Eur. Sociol. Rev., 30 (2). S. 230 - 242. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1468-2672

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Abstract

In a web-based survey, we presented university students (n = 2,287) with vignettes in which they had to decide whether to abuse the position of student assistant for personal gain. Referring to the existing literature, we tested whether the emergence of corruption increases when benefits from corruption and the probability of the occurrence of those benefits rise and whether corruption decreases when costs and the probability of their occurrence increase. These four factors were varied within a factorial survey design. Moreover, social norms against corrupt practices were measured. We tested whether such norms reduce the willingness to commit these practices. Our study is the first to simultaneously scrutinize these influences of corruption in universities. The results suggest that students deliberate on the pros and cons of corrupt behaviour. Higher risks or costs of corrupt activities appear to be significant deterrents. Higher benefits or success probabilities increase the likelihood of engaging in corrupt activities. However, these factors are less important than the social norms against corruption. As a consequence, our results imply that curbing corruption by monitoring and sanctioning might be less effective than stimulating social norms against corruption or strengthening the validity of fairness norms.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Graeff, Peter UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sattler, Sebastian UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6491-0754 UNSPECIFIED Mehlkop, Guido UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sauer, Carsten UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8090-6886 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-442213
DOI:	10.1093/esr/jct036
Journal or Publication Title:	Eur. Sociol. Rev.
Volume:	30
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 230 - 242
Date:	2014
Publisher:	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Place of Publication:	OXFORD
ISSN:	1468-2672
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language RATIONAL CHOICE; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; SANCTION THREATS; CORRUPTION; NORMS; DETERRENCE; CRIME; MODEL; MOTIVATION; INTERPLAY Multiple languages Sociology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/44221