AN INVESTIGATION OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING ADMINISTRATIVE CORRUPTION IN CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS ;( A CASE STUDY: SHAHRE KORD CITY, IRAN)

Abstract

The present study is an investigation of the factors affecting administrative corruption in cultural organizations which has been conducted as a case study in shahre Kord City, Iran. This work is a descriptive survey and uses a researcher-made questionnaire to obtain required data. The questionnaire applied in the study includes two parts of demographic information and cultural factors
identification based on Likert scale. Factor analysis, single-variable t-test and multi-variable variance analysis are used to analyze the obtained data. Based on the research findings, cultural factors (t=11/7), individualism culture (t=12/69), consumerism culture (t=11/58), communicative culture (t=10/91), and moral abnormalities (t=12/51) influence administrative corruption more than average level. According to Friedman, consumerism (m=3/14), moral abnormalities (m=2/09), individualism (m=3/03), and communicative culture (m=2/83) allocate the highest ranks among the factors affecting administrative corruption. Also, there is a significant relation between demographic factors but in gender.