The Effects of Corporation- and Industry-Level Strain and Opportunity on Corporate Crime

Wang, Xia; Holtfreter, Kristy

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“…The skills and coping methods learned could also better prepare individuals for the competitiveness of a work environment in the future. Such preparation is especially important given that strain in the work place has also been linked to corporate crime (Wang & Holtfreter, 2012).…”

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Moving Beyond Anger and Depression: The Effects of Anxiety and Envy on Maladaptive Coping

Daniels

Holtfreter

2018

Deviant Behavior

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General Strain Theory (GST) posits that different types of strain lead to different types of negative emotions, some of which increase the likelihood of maladaptive coping.Much research on GST has focused on anger and depression. Far less attention has been directed toward other negative emotions, including anxiety and envy. The current study uses cross-sectional data from surveys administered to a university-based sample (N = 500) to address these voids and explore gender differences in the effects of strain and negative emotions in maladaptive coping. Results indicate that when gender differences existed in levels of strain and negative emotions, females experienced higher levels than males. Strain significantly predicted all four measures of negative emotions examined in this study. Finally, different negative emotions were found to have differing effects on different measures of maladaptive coping. Implications of this study for theory, future research, and policy are discussed.

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Moving Beyond Anger and Depression: The Effects of Anxiety and Envy on Maladaptive Coping

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Holtfreter

2018

Deviant Behavior

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“…in the form of falsifying results and the like). Given that the opportunity and structure of universities varies considerably, we would expect academic fraud to be more likely among faculty in research-intensive environments (Wang and Holtfreter, 2012).…”

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Applying criminological theory to academic fraud

Walker

Holtfreter

2015

Journal of Financial Crime

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -This paper aims to examine academic dishonesty and research misconduct, two forms of academic fraud, and provides suggestions for future research informed by criminological theory. Design/methodology/approach -After reviewing prior literature, this paper outlines four general criminological theories that can explain academic fraud. Findings -While criminological theory has been applied to some studies of academic dishonesty, research misconduct has rarely been examined within a broader theoretical context. Practical implications -This paper provides a blueprint for future theoretically informed analyses of academic fraud. Originality/value -This paper represents a unique attempt to apply general criminological theories to diverse forms of fraud in higher education settings.

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“…Xia Wang and Kristy Holtfreter's (2012) study of corporate crime is also relevant for NCAA rule-breaking. They note that the desire to maximize profits creates an underlying strain that is a cause of corporate crime.…”

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“…Sanctions should also be less effective when given to programs with a smaller market share, following the expectation that corporations with higher market power are more likely to generate profit through legitimate means (Wang and Holtfreter 2012). By extension, schools with a lower proportion of big-time revenues are expected to experience more financial strain thus making infractions more likely even in the presence of NCAA penalties.…”

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“…The finding that larger organizations are more likely to be the sites of corporate illegal behavior (e.g., McKendall and Wagner 1997;Simpson 2013;Wang and Holtfreter 2012) argues for controlling the size of college or university. Several variables deemed important in both literatures on corporate crime and college sport are used as additional controls.…”

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It Pays to Bend the Rules

Smith

2015

Sociological Perspectives

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Scandals in big-time college sports receive considerable attention in the media, scrutiny that can potentially damage the reputation of host institutions. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) monitors any rule-breaking behaviors of members and sanctions the most egregious offenders. I use panel data for colleges and universities fielding Division I football or basketball teams to seek effects of those sanctions that could produce general deterrence. The literature on organizational and white-collar crime is used to identify control variables for models of deterrent effects. Most penalties for major violations do not affect the outcomes investigated. Recently instituted sanctions for poor academic performance are slightly more effective, resulting in a small change in the football winning percentage especially when scholarships are taken away. Overall, the results suggest that colleges and universities suffer little economic or reputational damage when their athletic programs are penalized for violating Association rules.

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The Effects of Corporation- and Industry-Level Strain and Opportunity on Corporate Crime

Cited by 38 publications

References 52 publications

Moving Beyond Anger and Depression: The Effects of Anxiety and Envy on Maladaptive Coping

Moving Beyond Anger and Depression: The Effects of Anxiety and Envy on Maladaptive Coping

Applying criminological theory to academic fraud

It Pays to Bend the Rules

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