Personality Type, Motivation and Gender as Determinants of Corruption Engagement
This study investigated personality type, motivation and gender as determinants of corruption engagement. A total of 276 civil servants from Abakaliki in Ebonyi State participated in the study. They comprised one hundred and thirty-six males (136) and one hundred and forty females (140). Their ages ranged from 18 to 55 years with a mean age of 34.97 and standard deviation of 9.92. Participants were selected using simple random sampling technique. Three instruments were used; the big-five personality inventory, multi-dimensional work motivation scale and corruption propensity Scale. Three hypotheses were tested. Cross sectional design was adopted and
Hierarchical Multiple Regression was used to analyze the data. Results revealed that neurotic personality significantly predicted corruption engagement (â = .15, p< .01). Motivation (â = .12, p< .05) significantly predicted corruption engagement and Gender (â = -.67, p< .05) also significantly predicted corruption engagement. A practical implication of the findings is that presence of neurotic personality characteristics in people such as anxiety, worry, frustration, envy, jealousy, guilt, depressed mood and loneliness encourage corruption. Limitations of the study were
stated and suggestions stated for further studies.