Is Corruption a Driver of Innovation or an Obstacle to It?! A Meta Synthesis Approach

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Ph.D. Candidate of Public Administration, University of Tehran, Kish International Campus, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Faculty of Management and Economics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

3 Professor, College of Management & Faculty of governance, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

This study seeks to explain the effect of corruption on innovation in current scientific sources and conceptualizes the components and aspects of the effects of corruption on innovation for future research in this field.In this research, a meta-Synthesis method with qualitative content analysis strategy was used in the research-documentary framework, and by applying systematic review and qualitative meta-Synthesis approach, the results and findings of previous researchers were analyzed, and a conceptual model of the effects of corruption on innovation was presented.Based on the coding, the effective factors in the direction of the effects of corruption on innovation were analyzed and categorized into 44 main categories and 2 core codes. The positive consequences of corruption on innovation include 23 factors and its negative consequences include 21 factors. The results show that corruption in countries affects innovation and economic growth. The direction of these effects is sometimes positive and negative, but in the long run, this effect is negative.

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Iranian Journal of Public Policy
Volume 9, Issue 3
2023
Pages 114-130

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