Identifying Effective Factors in Creating Administrative Corruption Bottlenecks Along with Providing Ways to Prevent Administrative Health Damage

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
majid fattahi59 1
ameneh rezazadeh 2
Ayoub Shamsi 3
Razieh Salimi 4
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Business Management, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
2 PhD in Business Administration, Faculty of Management, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran.
3 Department of Business Management, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran.
4 Knowledge Management Expert, Mazandaran Gas Company, Sari, Iran.
10.22034/jmek.2024.495322.1155
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to identify the effective factors in creating administrative corruption bottlenecks along with providing ways to prevent administrative health damage. This research, based on its objectives, is applied in nature, and based on data collection and research design, it employs a descriptive-survey method. The statistical population consists of 2106 employees of Mazandaran Gas Company. Given the size of the statistical population, sampling was conducted using Cochran's formula, resulting in a sample of 326 individuals selected through simple random sampling. The data collection tool comprises standard questionnaires that have been localized based on theoretical literature and scales utilized in other studies. For the localization of the questionnaire, its validity was confirmed by the supervisor and other university professors familiar with the research topic. The questionnaires were then distributed among the sample members, and the data obtained from the research hypotheses were analyzed using SPSS22 and Smart PLS4 software. The findings from inferential statistics indicated that seven main factors affect administrative corruption in Mazandaran Gas Company, including legal-regulatory, administrative-economic, organizational, personal characteristics, supervisory, social, and awareness factors, which have a significant impact and play a considerable role in the occurrence of corruption in the gas company.
Keywords
Administrative corruption
administrative health
legal-regulatory factors
organizational factors
Mazandaran Province Gas Company
Subjects

 

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Management, Economics and Entrepreneurship Studies
Volume 6, Issue 2
Spring 2025
Pages 24-38

  • Receive Date 22 December 2024
  • Revise Date 30 January 2025
  • Accept Date 22 April 2025