Mechanisms Fostering the Misuse of Information Systems for Corrupt Practices in the Nigerian Public Sector

Autor:	Chidi G. Ononiwu, Muhammadou M. O. Kah, Ago K.M. Quaye, Ibrahim Mohammed Inuwa
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Clientelism Corrupt practices Embeddedness business.industry 05 social sciences Public sector 050401 social sciences methods Commission Public relations 0504 sociology 0502 economics and business Guardian Information system Routine activity theory Business 050203 business & management
Zdroj:	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology ISBN: 9783030191146 ICT4D (2)
DOI:	10.1007/978-3-030-19115-3_11
Popis:	The paper explores the misuse of information systems for corrupt practices in the Nigerian public sector as a phenomenon under study. Routine Activity theory, Model of Emergent IT Use, and Normalization theory were used as lenses. Danermark et al.’s six stage framework with a single case-study was adopted as the critical realist methodology. The anti-corruption and regulatory agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of Nigeria, is the case in focus. Semi-structured interviews, archival documents and press media were used as data sources. By analyzing the data, we identified motivated offender, suitable target, and the absence of a capable guardian as the entities/factors that characterized the phenomenon. Political clientelism patronage, socialization, embeddedness of corrupt routine into IT artifacts and rationalization were identified as causal mechanisms with culture as the enabling conditions. Dysfunctional structures of the Nigerian public sector were also identified as structures that breed the mechanisms. The study findings contribute to theory, practice, and the methodology of critical realism.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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