NATIONAL CORRUPTION, NATIONAL PERSONALITY AND NATIONAL CULTURE

Q4 Psychology

Psihologia Resurselor Umane Pub Date : 2020-01-29 DOI:10.24837/PRU.2007.1.138

Brian S. Connelly, D. Ones

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Abstract

Even though corruption continues to mar economic progression, worker enthusiasm, and societies' moral constitution, most studies of corruption have been confined to the fields of economics and political science. However, psychological variables, such as personality and cultural values, are likely to be relevant to studying corruption. In the present study of 62 countries, we examined how national averages on the Big Three personality traits, a measure of social desirability, and Hofstede's cultural dimensions relate to perceptions of a nation's level of corruption. The Big Three personality traits showed modest relationships with corruption. However, national averages on a social desirability measure were strongly and positivel correlated with corruption, suggesting that national dishonesty in responding to personality items is related to national dishonesty in corruption. In addition, the discrete, combined, and unique effects of personality and culture on corruption were compared. The findings suggest that both cultural values and personality have relevance for understanding corruption. As globalization continues to promote the exchange of cultural values and the assimilation of both individuals and organizations into new cultures, these findings highlight the need for I/O psychologists to be attentive to both culture and personality in designing human resource systems.

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民族腐败、民族人格与民族文化

尽管腐败继续破坏经济发展、工人热情和社会道德构成，但大多数关于腐败的研究都局限于经济学和政治学领域。然而，人格和文化价值观等心理变量可能与腐败研究有关。在目前对62个国家的研究中，我们考察了三大人格特征（衡量社会可取性的指标）和霍夫斯泰德文化维度的全国平均值与对一个国家腐败程度的看法之间的关系。三大人格特征显示出与腐败的适度关系。然而，社会可取性衡量标准的全国平均值与腐败密切正相关，这表明国家在人格项目上的不诚实与国家在腐败方面的不诚实有关。此外，还比较了人格和文化对腐败的离散、组合和独特影响。研究结果表明，文化价值观和人格都与理解腐败有关。随着全球化继续促进文化价值观的交流以及个人和组织融入新文化，这些发现突显了I/O心理学家在设计人力资源系统时需要关注文化和个性。

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期刊介绍： The Psihologia Resurselor Umane Journal is the official journal of the Association of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (APIO). PRU is devoted to publishing original investigations that contribute to an understanding of situational and individual challenges within an organizational context and that bring forth new knowledge in the field. The journal publishes primarily empirical articles and also welcomes methodological and theoretical articles on a broad range of topics covered by Organizational, Industrial, Work, Personnel and Occupational Health Psychology. Audience includes scholars, educators, managers, HR professionals, organizational consultants, practitioners in organizational and employee development.