The blinding effects of team identification on sports corruption: cross-cultural evidence from Sub-Saharan African countries

Although the world of sports has witnessed numerous corruption scandals, the effects of perceived corruption in sports have not been sufficiently investigated in the literature. The aim of this paper is to examine how sports team identification weakens people’s perceptions of corruption in sports, a...

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Главные авторы: Stathopoulou, Anastasia (Автор) ; Quansah, Tommy Kweku (Автор) ; Balabanis, George (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2022
В: Journal of business ethics
Год: 2022, Том: 179, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 511-529
Другие ключевые слова:B Social norms of corruption
B Structural approach of corruption
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
B Perceived sports corruption
B Team identification
B Group-based morality
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Итог:Although the world of sports has witnessed numerous corruption scandals, the effects of perceived corruption in sports have not been sufficiently investigated in the literature. The aim of this paper is to examine how sports team identification weakens people’s perceptions of corruption in sports, and how it dampens corruption’s negative effects on spectator behavior. The study also examines how prevalent social norms regarding corruption in a country strengthen or weaken these effects. A survey of 1,005 sports spectators from four Sub-Saharan African countries reveals how the interplay between team identification and perceived corruption can encourage or discourage sports attendance under different conditions. Corruption is investigated through the theoretical lenses of the pluralistic nature of morality. Findings indicate that particularistic values linked to moral obligations toward the team collide with the universalistic values that demand fairness in sports. In addition, social norms of corruption moderate the clash between universalistic and particularistic values.
ISSN:1573-0697
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-021-04822-3