Everyday-Life Business Deviance Among Chinese SME Owners

Ji, Junzhe; Dimitratos, Pavlos; Huang, Qingan; Su, Taoyong

doi:10.1007/s10551-017-3542-2

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“…Before that, Siemens paid US$800 million and KBR/Halliburton paid more than US$560 million when it was found guilty of paying bribes to get some energy contracts in Nigeria (Koehler, 2010). Thus, while large multinational corporations are frequently audited for compliance with anti-corruption laws (Weismann, 2009), much less attention is paid to smaller firms, even though small medium enterprises have been recognised as a foundation for economic growth and national development (Ji et al, 2019). There are however reports on combating bribery in the small and mediumsized enterprises (SME) sector of the ACCA (2019) and recommendations to prevent corruption among SMEs to foster their development (United Nations Industrial Development Organization [UNIDO] & United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [UNODC], 2012).…”

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Greasing the wheel through bribes: interaction of national culture and local business conditions

Ohu

Spitzmüeller

2023

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Specific behaviours that constitute bribery include but are not limited to influence peddling, offering or receiving improper gifts, favours or commissions, bribery to avoid liabilities for tax default or other costs, bribery in support of fraud or to avoid criminal liability, bribery to support unfair competition for benefits or resources or bribery to obtain confidential information (Vaughan, 1997). In any case, it is understood that the beneficiary would be getting something to which he is not otherwise entitled, and hence constitutes deviant behaviour that violates moral societal norms (Cullen et al., 2004).This study aims to better understand why people bribe, by focusing on the mechanism of action of supply-side (unsolicited) bribery, and also how the environmental context of the business Purpose: Corruption, which includes payments of bribes to government officials, poses a serious impediment to the advancement of developing countries. In this study, a model is developed based on anomie theory and research on ethical behaviour, culture and decision making to predict whether and to what extent small business owners bribe government officials.Design/methodology/approach: Using hierarchical linear modelling on a large World Bank data set, the study hypothesises that the business environmental conditions of crime prevalence, theft and disorder, transportation difficulties, and time-resource requirements for dealing with the government, function as obstacles that enhance small business owners' informal payments to government officials. The study further proposes that the national culture constructs of masculinity and power distance moderate the relationship between business environment conditions and small business owners' bribes.Findings/results: The study found support for the role of the proposed business environment conditions, as well as partial support for the role of masculinity and power distance as factors that strengthen the positive relationship between challenging business environments for small business owners and corrupt behaviour. Practical implications:The study proposes ways governments can address structural uncertainties which are impediments to small business survival. It also offers ways small businesses can counteract cultural and economic challenges that influence corrupt behaviour.Value: This study improves the understanding of the role of the supply-side of corruption. It also explains how the lens of anomie theory leads to a better understanding of the mechanism of action of inducements to deviate from the norm, as happens in corrupt behaviour practices.

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Section: The Cost Of Briberymentioning

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Greasing the wheel through bribes: interaction of national culture and local business conditions

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2023

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“…Individuals are likely to behave unethically when feeling angry (Kligyte et al, 2013) or anxious (Kouchaki & Desai, 2015), but to behave ethically when feeling fearful (Kligyte et al, 2013) or guilty (Motro et al, 2018). This is relevant because minor everyday-life business deviance, that is the little actions individuals take to maximize profit, such as a "request for cash payment to avoid paying taxes" in the informal sector, can add up and produce differential effects at large (Ji et al, 2019(Ji et al, , p. 1179. Scholars could thus address pending questions about unethical behavior (e.g., Baron et al, 2015) and beyond by considering the temporal influence of discrete emotions.…”

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When do negative emotions arise in entrepreneurship? A contextualized review of negative affective antecedents

Williamson

Drencheva

Wolfe

2022

Journal of Small Business Management

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“…Participants' weekly work hours can influence their interpersonal work behaviors because fewer hours may motivate employees to work harder to establish new relationships (Harari et al, 2017). We also controlled for the effect of social desirability on interpersonal deviant behaviors because previous studies have shown that individuals may tend to deny socially undesirable behaviors (Ji et al, 2019). Thus, we measured social desirability using a 12-item scale from Reynolds (1982).…”

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Does perceived overqualification cultivate angels or demons? Examining its interpersonal outcomes through pride from an evolutionary psychology perspective

Zhang

Ma²,

Guo

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Applied Psychology

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The current study examines both the positive and negative interpersonal consequences of perceived overqualification (POQ). Building on evolutionary psychology theory and prior research, we clarify the underlying mechanism of pride through which POQ predicts interpersonal behaviors. Specifically, we propose that POQ is positively associated with both authentic pride, leading to increased interpersonal citizenship behaviors, and hubristic pride, leading to increased interpersonal deviant behaviors. Further, we suggest that a willingness to establish positive relationships plays a crucial role in moderating the relationship between pride and interpersonal behaviors. We tested our predictions in two studies using time-lagged and multisource data. The findings of Study 1, which was based on a sample of 206 university students, supported the basic mediation model for the effects of POQ on interpersonal citizenship and deviant behaviors through authentic and hubristic pride, respectively. The findings of Study 2, which involved the analysis of survey responses from 213 employees, replicated those of Study 1, further revealing that the indirect effect of POQ on interpersonal deviant behaviors via hubristic pride is moderated by employees'

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Everyday-Life Business Deviance Among Chinese SME Owners

Cited by 11 publications

References 101 publications

Greasing the wheel through bribes: interaction of national culture and local business conditions

Greasing the wheel through bribes: interaction of national culture and local business conditions

When do negative emotions arise in entrepreneurship? A contextualized review of negative affective antecedents

Does perceived overqualification cultivate angels or demons? Examining its interpersonal outcomes through pride from an evolutionary psychology perspective

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