Investigating the effect of Clan and Adhocracy Culture on Administrative Corruption

(Case study: Government offices in Herat and Farah)

Abstract

Corruption is one of the most important problems of lack of growth and development of countries that most government organizations struggle with this problem. This phenomenon has various factors, which, one of them is culture. Therefore, the present study is entitled to study the effect of Clan culture and adhocracy on corruption in government organizations in Herat and Farah provinces, in which Clan culture and adhocracy as independent variables and corruption as a dependent variable. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Clan culture and adhocracy on corruption in government organizations in Herat and Farah. The main question of this research was: Do clan culture and adhocracy have a significant effect on corruption? It seems that: There is a significant and positive relationship between clan culture and adhocracy on corruption. Data were collected and tested using the Smart PLS program. The statistical population of this study was 70 government organizations of Herat and Farah, for which a questionnaire was randomly distributed and analyzed. The research method in this research was quantitative in terms of applied purpose and in terms of data collection. The results show that clan culture and adhocracy have a positive effect on corruption.