dc.contributor.author | Agbota, Tete Kobla | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sandaker, Ingunn | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ree, Gunnar | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-22T09:12:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-22T09:12:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Agbota, T. K., Sandaker, I., & Ree, G. (2015). Verbal Operants of Corruption: A Study of Avoidance in Corruption Behavior. Behavior and Social Issues, 24, 141-163. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1064-9506 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | FRIDAID 1300367 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/3183 | |
dc.description.abstract | Corruption is illegal and universally shameful. Persons who engage in corrupt practices
tend to be discreet. This study offers an analysis of metaphors in corruption
lan
guage based on positive
and avoidance contingencies of reinforcement. Our dat
a show that parties to corrupt practices use
expressions that accentuate this discreet behavior, whether demanding or offering bribes. Our findings
indicate that corruption language can be topographically similar to other verbal utterances, but
functionall
y different when understood in context. Both officials and clients use metaphors to avoid
prosecution and social embarrassment. The verbal behavior of the public servant is positively reinforced
because he gets a bribe, and the verbal behavior of the clien
t is positively reinforced because he/she
receives service or favorable answer to application promptly. However, the payment of money denotes
punishment. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Behaviorists for social Responsibility | en_US |
dc.subject | Avoidance | en_US |
dc.subject | Corruption | en_US |
dc.subject | Ghana | en_US |
dc.subject | Corruption | en_US |
dc.subject | Metaphors | en_US |
dc.subject | Positive reinforcement | en_US |
dc.title | Verbal operants of corruption: A study of avoidance in corruption behavior | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.description.version | © Tete Kobla Agbota, Ingunn Sandaker, & Gunnar Ree.
Readers of this article may copy it without the copyright owner’s permission, if the author and publisher are
acknowledged in the copy and the copy is used for educational, not-for-profit purposes. doi:
10.5210/bsi.v.24i0.5864 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/bsi.v.24i0.5864 | |