Asia Pacific Fraud Journal
Vol 2, No 2 (2017): Volume 2, No.2nd Edition (July - December 2017)

Are We Culturally Corrupt? Revisiting the Relationship between Cultural Dimensions And Corruption Perception Index

Indra Soeharto (Unknown)
Nugroho Nugroho (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Feb 2018

Abstract

ABSTRACTThis research aims to revisit the relationship between two cultural dimensions index (masculinity and power distance) and corruption – as indicated in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI). Two hypotheses were proposed: An increase in the masculinity index increases corruption and an increase in the power distance index increases corruption. Using the latest CPI data from 2012 to 2016 of 67 countries, this research found that the increase in masculinity does not significantly increase corruption. Meanwhile, it is noticed that the increase in power distance significantly increases corruption. Better understanding on such relationship will provide valuable input on how cultural approach is important to fine tune the design of corruption eradication strategy, particularly in Indonesia.At the end, proper strategy will contribute the improvement of Indonesia’s CPI, which will eventually improving Indonesia’s business environment for the investo

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Journal Info

Abbrev

apf

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

Description

ASIA PACIFIC FRAUD JOURNAL (APFJ) firstly published by Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Indonesia Chapter in 2016. APFJ registered on CrossRef, then every article published di APFJ has Digital Object Identifier (DOI). APFJ published research and review articles. APFJ also published ...