Investigating the effect of Social -cultural and organizational factors on financial corruption; (A case study employees of banks and financial institutions of Khuzestan province)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
sayyed reza ghaffaripoor 1
farhad afsharnia 2
gholamhosein karami 1
mahmoodreza mehrvarz 1
saeed sharifi 3
1 sazman
2 dadgostari khoozestan
3 u. azad
Abstract
This study has investigated the role of socio-cultural and organizational factors on financial corruption among employees of banks and financial institutions in Khuzestan. The study populations are 15,000 employees of financial institutions, among which 384 people were selected as sample using stratified random sampling method and Cochran sampling formula. The data collected through interviews with top managers in the first part and a questionnaire in the second part. Experts confirmed the validity and calculated reliability through Cornbrash's alpha and Guttmann were 87/0 and 86/0 respectively. Results showed that the average impact of organizational and social-cultural factors on financial corruption was 09/4 and 98/3 higher than the average. Organizational factors with an average of 62/1 have also a greater share in the creation and control of corruption than social-cultural factors. According to the results the elements of Organizational Culture has a greater share in the creation and control of administrative corruption. Results also showed a significant difference between the respondents' views on organizational factors in terms of education, Career history and social-cultural factors in terms of education and Career history.
Keywords
Corruption
financial corruption
culture
organizational factors
cultural factors

  • Receive Date 15 June 2022