State-Owned Enterprises as Bribe Payers: The Role of Institutional Environment

Siddiqui, Noman Ahmed Shaheer; Yi, Jingtao; Li, Sali; Chen, Liang

doi:10.1007/s10551-017-3768-z

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“…Clearly, a society’s institutional context matters ( Montinola and Jackman, 2002 ; Adelopo and Rufai, 2020 ). Second, in case of organization-level bribery, a meso lens is needed as organizational factors are argued to play an important role as well ( den Nieuwenboer and Kaptein, 2008 ; Shaheer et al, 2019 ). Third, a micro perspective is required to understand individual variation within countries and across organizational contexts, as not all people equally engage in bribery within the same institutional and organizational environment ( Navot et al, 2016 ).…”

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Bribery and the Role of Public Service Motivation and Social Value Orientation: A Multi-Site Experimental Study in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands

2021

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Bribery is a complex phenomenon rooted in both individual motives and the greater institutional context. Experimental research into causal mechanisms that drive bribing behavior is still scarce. To date, there is no empirical evidence on how the society-regarding motivational survey measure of Public Service Motivation (PSM) and the other-oriented motivational measure of Social Value Orientation (SVO) can help explain why some people are more susceptible to engage in the act of bribing than others. Based on a multi-site triple-replication, and a vignette-based research design, quasi-experimental evidence from Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands shows that both measures interact and that—paradoxically—people with higher SVO are more likely to be willing to engage in bribery.

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Bribery and the Role of Public Service Motivation and Social Value Orientation: A Multi-Site Experimental Study in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands

2021

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“…Business ethics differ between state-owned enterprises and the private sector. Research results in China showed that private companies are more prone to illegal activity in response to institutional limitations compared to state-owned enterprises [ 138 , 139 ]. Ip [ 140 ] concluded that there are high ethical standards for business in well-managed state-owned enterprises.…”

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“…For example, organizational commitment in state-owned enterprises more often results in positive behaviors toward other people rather than tasks related to an organization [ 150 ]. This is not to say that there is no unethical behavior in SOEs, but its character is different from UPB [ 151 , 152 ]. Inter alia, the overclaiming happening among employees of SOEs has a significant influence on their ethical behavior [ 153 ].…”

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Leadership, religiousness, state ownership of an enterprise and unethical pro-organizational behavior: The mediating role of organizational identification

Gigol

2021

PLoS ONE

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This study proposes a model in which organizational identification mediates the correlations among state-owned enterprises (SOEs), authentic leadership, Christian religiousness, and unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPB). The proposed theoretical framework is based on moral identity theory, social identity theory, and social exchange theory. We tested the hypothesized model using data (N = 389) from employees of various companies and industries in Poland. Of the respondents, 49.1% worked in SOEs. The reliability and validity of the measures were established. The correlation coefficients among the analyzed variables were obtained using the bootstrap confidence interval method. To thoroughly examine the causal relationships among the variables, covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM) was adopted. Path analysis was conducted and used to verify a model in which organizational identification mediated the correlations among state involvement in the ownership of an enterprise, authentic leadership, Christian religiousness, and UPB. State involvement in the ownership of an enterprise, authentic leadership, and Christian religiousness were linked to increased organizational identification, which in turn was linked to the intensification of UPB. With the level of organizational identification controlled, state ownership of an enterprise was linked to lower UPB intensity. Limitations, implications and future research directions are discussed.

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“…This means managers have no incentive to maximize the value creation process. Corporate governance and the structure of the board can help to control the behavior of directors (Shaheer et al, 2019).…”

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Political connections, media impact and state-owned enterprises: an empirical analysis on corporate financial performance

Giosi

Caiffa

2020

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to assess the differential impact on the stock market of statements made by and information about directors and companies who are politically connected, compared to directors and companies with no political connections. The authors also analyze the role played by state-owned enterprises (SOEs), which the authors have identified as politically connected companies because most board members are appointed by political authorities. Furthermore, the boundaries and institutional environment within which SOEs operate are likely to be different from private companies.Design/methodology/approachThe sample is composed of over 60,000 news articles on the boards of directors (both with political roles and without political roles) of listed Italian companies in the period 1998–2013. On that sample the authors run a regression analysis under the signaling theory approach.FindingsResults suggest a positive effect on market capitalization associated with individual political connections. This effect decreases when the political connection extends to the whole enterprise although it still remains, while a negative effect is associated with state-controlled enterprises. The impact of negative news content does not change depending on whether a board member has a political role or not.Originality/valuePrevious research has demonstrated a causal link between stock prices and their reaction to corporate news (Engelberg and Parsons, 2011; Peress, 2014), but no studies have quantified the different reactions that occur when the news mentions politically connected companies and individuals who hold a political role.

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State-Owned Enterprises as Bribe Payers: The Role of Institutional Environment

Cited by 54 publications

References 141 publications

Bribery and the Role of Public Service Motivation and Social Value Orientation: A Multi-Site Experimental Study in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands

Bribery and the Role of Public Service Motivation and Social Value Orientation: A Multi-Site Experimental Study in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands

Leadership, religiousness, state ownership of an enterprise and unethical pro-organizational behavior: The mediating role of organizational identification

Political connections, media impact and state-owned enterprises: an empirical analysis on corporate financial performance

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