Department of Building, National University of Singapore, 4 Architecture Drive, Singapore, 117566, Singapore.
Research Institute of Complex Engineering and Management, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Tongji Building A, 1500 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092, China.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2017 Dec;23(6):1643-1666. doi: 10.1007/s11948-016-9865-z. Epub 2016 Dec 30.
Over recent years, the issue of corruption in the public construction sector has attracted increasing attention from both practitioners and researchers worldwide. However, limited efforts are available for investigating the underlying factors of corruption in this sector. Thus, this study attempted to bridge this knowledge gap by exploring the underlying factors of corruption in the public construction sector of China. To achieve this goal, a total of 14 structured interviews were first carried out, and a questionnaire survey was then administered to 188 professionals in China. Two iterations of multivariate analysis approaches, namely, stepwise multiple regression analysis and partial least squares structural equation modeling were successively utilized to analyze the collected data. In addition, a case study was also conducted to triangulate the findings obtained from the statistical analysis. The results generated from these three research methods achieve the same conclusion: the most influential underlying factor leading to corruption was immorality, followed by opacity, unfairness, procedural violation, and contractual violation. This study has contributed to the body of knowledge by exploring the properties of corruption in the public construction sector. The findings from this study are also valuable to the construction authorities as they can assist in developing more effective anti-corruption strategies.
近年来，公共建设部门的腐败问题引起了全球从业者和研究人员的越来越多的关注。然而，对于研究这个部门腐败现象的深层次原因，所付出的努力是有限的。因此，本研究试图通过探讨中国公共建设部门腐败现象的深层次原因来弥补这一知识空白。为了实现这一目标，首先进行了总共 14 次结构化访谈，然后对中国的 188 名专业人士进行了问卷调查。然后，依次使用两种迭代的多元分析方法，即逐步多元回归分析和偏最小二乘结构方程建模，对收集到的数据进行分析。此外，还进行了案例研究以对统计分析中获得的结果进行三角验证。这三种研究方法得出的结果得出了相同的结论：导致腐败的最主要的深层次原因是不道德，其次是不透明、不公平、程序违规和合同违规。本研究通过探讨公共建设部门腐败现象的特征，为知识体系做出了贡献。本研究的结果对于建设当局也具有价值，因为它们可以帮助制定更有效的反腐败策略。
