Cultural Endorsement of Broad Leadership Prototypes and Wealth as Predictors of Corruption
| Autor: | Dejun Tony Kong, Roger J. Volkema |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Sociology and Political Science
business.industry Corruption media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Servant leadership General Social Sciences 050109 social psychology Public relations Social value orientations Shared leadership Leadership Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Transactional leadership Prosocial behavior Political science 0502 economics and business Developmental and Educational Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences business Sociocultural evolution Social psychology 050203 business & management media_common |
| Zdroj: | Social Indicators Research. 127:139-152 |
| ISSN: | 1573-0921 0303-8300 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11205-015-0959-9 |
| Popis: | Corruption is a social ill that involves public officials’ misuse of entrusted power, which is a function of sociocultural factors. Rarely, however, do researchers view corruption as a leadership-related problem. In the current research, we conceptualize corruption as a leadership-related problem, and propose three broad leadership prototypes based on social value orientation theory and research. We seek to examine (1) how cultural endorsement of self-serving, prosocial, and individualistic leadership prototypes is related to corruption at the societal level and (2) how wealth moderates the relationship between cultural endorsement of self-serving leadership and corruption. Using archival data of 53 societies, we found that cultural endorsement of self-serving leadership was positively related to corruption, strengthened by wealth. Cultural endorsement of prosocial leadership and individualistic leadership, however, was not significantly related to corruption, and wealth did not moderate either of the relationships. The implications of these findings for theory and future research are discussed. |
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