In this special issue introduction, we briefly describe a variety of research paths researchers have followed to study the multifaceted phenomenon of corruption. Furthermore, we classify the papers included in this special issue according to their contribution to these research paths and briefly preview them. Finally, drawing on these four research paths and the papers included in this special issue, we propose a six-item agenda for future research on corruption.
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AnandV.AshforthB. E.JoshiM. (2004). Business as usual: The acceptance and perpetuation of corruption in organizations. The Academy of Management Executive, 18, 39-53.
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AshforthB. E.GioiaD. A.RobinsonS. L.TreviñoL. K. (2008). Re-viewing organizational corruption. Academy of Management Review, 33, 670-684.
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BanduraA.BarbaranelliC.CapraraG. V.PastorelliC. (1996). Mechanisms of moral disengagement in the exercise of moral agency. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 364-374.
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BerendsH.AntonacopoulouE. (2014). Time and organizational learning: A review and agenda for future research. International Journal of Management Reviews, 16, 437-453.
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BurkeR. J.TomlinsonE. C. (2016). Crime and corruption in organizations: Why it occurs and what to do about it. Surrey, UK: CRC Press.
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CraneA. (2013). Modern slavery as a management practice: Exploring the conditions and capabilities for human exploitation. Academy of Management Review, 38, 49-69.
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d’AgostinoG.DunneJ. P.PieroniL. (2016). Government spending, corruption and economic growth. World Development, 84, 190-205.
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FlemingP.ZyglidopoulosS. C. (2008). The escalation of deception in organizations. Journal of Business Ethics, 81, 837-850.
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HirschP. M.MilnerD. (2016). When scandals yield “it’s about time!” rather than “we’re shocked and surprised!”Journal of Management Inquiry, 25, 447-449.
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LounsburyM.HirschP. M. (2010). Markets on trial: The economic sociology of the U.S. financial crisis. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group.
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NystrandM. J. (2014). Petty and grand corruption and the conflict dynamics in Northern Uganda. Third World Quarterly, 35, 821-835.
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OrjuelaC. (2014). Corruption and identity politics in divided societies. Third World Quarterly, 35, 753-769.
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PalmerD. (2008). Extending the process model of collective corruption. Research in Organizational Behavior, 28, 107-135.
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RockM. T.BonnettH. (2004). The comparative politics of corruption: Accounting for the East Asian paradox in empirical studies of corruption, growth and investment. World Development, 32, 999-1017.
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RousseauD. M. (2011). Reinforcing the micro/macro bridge: Organizational thinking and pluralistic vehicles. Journal of Management, 37, 429-442.
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SepehrdoustH.BerjisianA. (2016). A comparative study of corruption’s effect channels on economic growth in rentier and non-rentier economies. Quarterly Journal of Applied Theories of Economics, 3, 59-88.
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TofflerB. L.ReingoldJ. (2004). Final accounting: Ambition, greed, and the fall of Arthur Andersen. New York, NY: Currency, Doubleday.
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TorselloD.VenardB. (2016). The anthropology of corruption. Journal of Management Inquiry, 25, 34-54.
WedemanA. (1997). Looters, rent-scrapers, and dividend-collectors: Corruption and growth in Zaire, South Korea, and the Philippines. The Journal of Developing Areas, 31, 457-478.
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ZyglidopoulosS. (2016). Toward a theory of second-order corruption. Journal of Management Inquiry, 25, 3-10.
