Thesis supervisor: Richárd Kása
Location of studies (in Hungarian): Budapest Business School Abbreviation of location of studies: BGE
Description of the research topic:
The phenomenon of corruption has always been an exciting research challenge, as researching and understanding such a negatively perceived concept and exploring its connections is not an easy task because the preconceptions of research subjects – but even researchers’ bias – can significantly distort data collection, analysis, and all aspects of the research process. Despite these challenges, however, there is a growing interest in the topic, as the assessment of our economic performance, the investment environment and other areas of the economy also depends on the level of corruption in the country. The level of corruption can be characterized by several indicators and models, but individual behaviour and perception related to the prevailing phenomenon in a given country provides more insights at both the organizational and individual level.
The research has several goals built on each other:
1. Develop measurement scales to examine perceptions of corruption
2. Identify the individual’s cultural characteristics and determine if they affect his or her perception of corruption
3. Development of a special measurement instrument with which the above measurement scales can be used.
Research questions:
- RQ1: What is the social sensitivity to corruption and how does national culture influence it?
o RQ1.1 subquestion: (Mezo level) How do an individual’s social and economic status and culture affect susceptibility to corruption?
o RQ1.2 subquestion: What is the relationship between the acceptance of corruption (low sensitivity), the experience of corruption and corrupt behaviour and how does culture moderate this relationship?
o RQ1.3 subquestion: (Macro level) To what extent does a country’s cultural profile project a sensitivity to perceptions of corruption?
- RQ2: Does the perception of an act of corruption depend on the gender of those involved?
o RQ2.1 subquestion: Are we more tolerant to women’s corruption or are they more ruthlessly judged by the public?
o RQ2.2 subquestion: How do males/females are judged in corrupt acts change in different cultures?
Required language skills: angol Number of students who can be accepted: 2
Deadline for application: 2024-05-31
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