<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Many studies have documented the negative effect of corruption on development, economic growth, and democracy. Independent anti-corruption agencies are often recommended as the tool to curb corruption. However, their efficiency depends on the political will to allocate authority, powers, and resources. Moreover, setting up new institutions is always costly and accordingly problematic to low and middle income countries. The present study suggests that public administration processes in their own right are a tool to combat corruption. The article uses a survey with responses from 1706 public employees in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Using OLS regression, the study confirms others findings that strengthening meritocracy is an important factor in curbing corruption. It adds to this that enhancing monitoring is a factor just as effective against corruption as meritocracy. It adds attention to the reverse effect associated with hierarchical organizations, norms accepting rule bending, and network decisions. Finally, addressing salaries’ and performance payment’s impact on corruption the study finds no relation.</p></abstract>

Many studies have documented the negative effect of corruption on development, economic growth, and democracy. Independent anti-corruption agencies are often recommended as the tool to curb corruption. However, their efficiency depends on the political will to allocate authority, powers, and resources. Moreover, setting up new institutions is always costly and accordingly problematic to low and middle income countries. The present study suggests that public administration processes in their own right are a tool to combat corruption. The article uses a survey with responses from 1706 public employees in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Using OLS regression, the study confirms others findings that strengthening meritocracy is an important factor in curbing corruption. It adds to this that enhancing monitoring is a factor just as effective against corruption as meritocracy. It adds attention to the reverse effect associated with hierarchical organizations, norms accepting rule bending, and network decisions. Finally, addressing salaries’ and performance payment’s impact on corruption the study finds no relation.

Administrative Processes as an Anti-Corruption Tool? A View from Public Employees in the Baltic States

Baltic Journal of Law & Politics

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Many studies have documented the negative effect of corruption on development, economic growth, and democracy. Independent anti-corruption agencies are often...

Administrative Processes as an Anti-Corruption Tool? A View from Public Employees in the Baltic States

Published Online: Oct 29, 2018

Page range: 131 - 157

Received: Jul 30, 2018

Accepted: Aug 31, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2018-0006

Keywords
Administrative processes, administrative reform, anti-corruption agencies, meritocracy, motivation, hierarchy, the Baltic States

© 2018 Karin Hilmer Pedersen et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Administrative Processes as an Anti-Corruption Tool? A View from Public Employees in the Baltic States

Published Online: Oct 29, 2018

Page range: 131 - 157

Received: Jul 30, 2018

Accepted: Aug 31, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2018-0006

KeywordsAdministrative processes, administrative reform, anti-corruption agencies, meritocracy, motivation, hierarchy, the Baltic States

© 2018 Karin Hilmer Pedersen et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Administrative processes, administrative reform, anti-corruption agencies, meritocracy, motivation, hierarchy, the Baltic States