权力对受贿决策的影响：性别的调节作用

The Influence of Social Power on Bribe-taking Decision: Moderating Effect of Gender

目的:腐败是利用权力谋取私利的行为,但很少有实证研究直接探讨权力对腐败的影响。高权力是否必然导致高腐败?本研究试图探讨权力高低对受贿决策的影响及性别的调节效应。方法:研究分别采用问卷测量法(研究1)和实验法(研究2)考察了特质权力感和情境权力感对受贿决策的影响及性别的调节效应。结果:对于男性而言,无论特质权力感还是情境权力感对受贿决策影响都显著,即权力越高,个体受贿决策可能性越低。而对于女性,权力感对受贿决策没有任何效应,且女性的受贿概率显著低于男性。结论:权力仅对男性受贿决策有影响,高权力并不必然导致高腐败,受贿可能性反而降低。

Objective:Corruption is a kind of behavior of abusing power for personal gain.However,few empirical stud?ies directly explore the influence of power on corruption.Does high power necessarily lead to high corruption?The present study aimed to explore the influence of power on bribe-taking decision and the moderating effect of gender.Methods:The questionnaire survey method(Study 1)and experimental method(Study 2)were used to investigate the influence of traits of power and situational power on bribe-taking decision and the moderating role of gender.Results:For men,both traits of power and situational power had significant effects on bribe-taking decision,that is,the higher power was associated with the lower probability of accepting bribes.For women,the power had no effect on bribery decisions,and women’s probability of accepting bribes was significantly lower than that of men.Conclusion:Power only affects men’s bribe-taking decisions.High power does not necessarily lead to high corruption,but it may reduce the possibility of bribery.