Moral Disengagement and the Social Construction of Procurement Officers’ Deviant Behaviours
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2010
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Journal of Management Policy & Practice
Abstract
In this study we attempt to explain the recent unethical practices of public procurement officers in
Uganda using Bandura’s (1999) moral disengagement variables and Durkeim’s (1858-1917) notion of
anomie. Perceived normative conflict and procurement planning behavior are added to the model to
examine their relative effect on the behavior of procurement officers. Using data from 405 usable
questionnaires collected from both Central and Local Government the study finds that Moral
disengagement, perceived normative conflict, work anomie and procurement planning are significant
predictors of social construction of procurement officers’ deviant behaviors. The interactive effect of
moral disengagement and procurement planning behaviors diminishes the social construction of
procurement officers’ deviant behaviors. These findings have both policy and managerial implication
which we later present in the paper.
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Moral Disengagement, Social Construction, Procurement Officers’ Deviant Behaviours
Citation
Ntayi, JM, Eyaa, S., & Ngoma, M. (2010). Moral Disengagement and the Social Construction of Procurement Officers' Deviant Behaviors. Journal of Management Policy & Practice , 11 (4).