在职消费的供应链传染:谁更容易腐败?

Supply chain contagion of perk consumption:Who is more likely to be corrupted?

企业间行为在供应链上的传染已经成为供应链管理和供应链内企业治理的重要问题。通过使用从中国上市公司收集的1893个配对的供应链上下游组态的面板数据,考察了与腐败相关的在职消费的供应链传染问题,探讨了企业在职消费是否受到供应链内同伴效应的影响。研究发现,上游供应商在职消费对下游客户在职消费具有显著的正向影响,而反向影响路径则不显著。进一步分析表明,这一单向的传染效应是供应商通过影响客户的企业管理文化、双方商业联结强度而形成的;同时,当客户的薪酬水平较高时,这一正向传染效应会减弱。

The contagion of interfirm behaviours along the supply chain has become a significant issue for both supply chain management and the internal governance of firms within the supply chain.By means of panel data of 1893 mated supply chain pairs collected from Chinese listed firms,we examine the supply chain contagion effect of corruption-related perk consumption by investigating whether firms’perk consumption is influenced by their supply chain peers.We find a unilateral contagion effect of corrupt perk consumption along the supply chain,i.e.,only from suppliers to customers.We suggest that suppliers exert this unilateral contagion effect by influencing customers’managerial culture and the close business relationship between them.In addition,the unilateral contagion effect would be weakened when customers have a high level of employee salary.