Generalised Trust and Relation Centrism for Corruption as Perceived by Firms

Olarewaju, Tolu; Tamvada, Jagannadha; McDowall-Emefiele, Sharin

doi:10.5465/ambpp.2022.58

Generalised Trust and Relation Centrism for Corruption as Perceived by Firms

Olarewaju, Tolu; Tamvada, Jagannadha; McDowall-Emefiele, Sharin

Authors

Tolu Olarewaju t.olarewaju@keele.ac.uk

Jagannadha Tamvada

Sharin McDowall-Emefiele

Abstract

We investigate the role of generalised trust and relation centrism for corruption as perceived by 16,785 firms in 20 lower- and middle-income countries. This quantitative empirical research demonstrates that higher levels of family centrism and generalised trust are linked with more corruption as perceived by firms. The results however show significant regional disparities suggesting that firms will need to be aware of these differences, as they are likely to determine their optimal strategic choices when entering or expanding their operations into new territories.

Conference Name	82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Conference Location	Seattle, Washington, USA (including Hybrid)
Start Date	Aug 5, 2022
End Date	Aug 9, 2022
Acceptance Date	Apr 25, 2022
Online Publication Date	Jul 6, 2022
Publication Date	Aug 1, 2022
Publicly Available Date	Jul 7, 2023
Publisher	Academy of Management
Volume	2022
Series Title	Academy of Management Conference 2022 - SIM Best Paper
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2022.58
Publisher URL	https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.58