Self-selection into public service when corruption is widespread: the anomalous Russian case
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11640%2F21%3A00553083" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11640/21:00553083 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/67985998:_____/21:00544474 RIV/25840886:_____/21:N0000001
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414020957669" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414020957669</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0010414020957669" target="_blank" >10.1177/0010414020957669</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Self-selection into public service when corruption is widespread: the anomalous Russian case
Original language description
Drawing on experimental games and surveys conducted with students at two universities in Russia, we compare the behavioral, attitudinal, and demographic traits of students seeking public sector employment to the traits of their peers seeking jobs in the private sector. Contrary to similar studies conducted in other high-corruption contexts, such as India, we find evidence that students who prefer a public sector career display less willingness to cheat or bribe in experimental games as well as higher levels of altruism. However, disaggregating public sector career paths reveals distinctions between the federal civil service and other types of public sector employment, with federal government positions attracting students who exhibit some similarities with their peers aspiring to private sector careers. We discuss multiple interpretations consistent with our findings, each of which has implications for the creation of effective anti-corruption policies and for understanding of state capacity in contexts where corruption is widespread.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50602 - Public administration
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Comparative Political Studies
ISSN
0010-4140
e-ISSN
1552-3829
Volume of the periodical
54
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
43
Pages from-to
1086-1128
UT code for WoS article
000626202600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85094594281