The Love of Money is the Root of all Evil: Pay Satisfaction and CPI as Moderators

Authors

• Thomas Li Ping Tang, Middle Tennessee State University
• Toto Sutarso, Middle Tennessee State University
• Mahfooz A. Ansari, University of Lethbridge
• Vivien Kim Geok Lim, National University of Singapore
• Thompson Sian Hin Teo, National University of Singapore
• Fernando Arias-Galicia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
• Ilya Garber, Saratov State University
• Peter Vlerick, Universiteit Gent
• Jian Liang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• Adebowale Akande, North-West University
• Michael W. Allen, The University of Sydney
• Abdulgawi Salim Alzubaidi, Sultan Qaboos University
• Mark G. Borg, L-Università ta' Malta
• Brigitte Charles-Pauvers, Universite de Nantes
• Bor Shiuan Cheng, National Taiwan University
• Randy K. Chiu, Hong Kong Baptist University
• Linzhi Du, Nankai University
• Consuelo Garcia De La Torre, Tecnologico de Monterrey
• Rosario Correia Higgs, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
• Abdul Hamid Safwat Ibrahim, Iman University
• Chin Kang Jen, National Sun Yat-Sen University Taiwan
• Ali Mahdi Kazem, Sultan Qaboos University
• Kilsun Kim, Sogang University
• Roberto Luna-Arocas, University of Valencia
• Eva Malovics, Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)
• Alice S. Moreira, Universidade Federal do Para
• Richard T. Mpoyi, Middle Tennessee State University
• Anthony Ugochukwu Obiajulu Nnedum, Nnamdi Azikiwe University
• Johnsto E. Osagie, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
• Aahad M. Osman-Gani, UIA International University of Malaysia
• Mehmet Ferhat Özbek, University of Gumushane
• Allen F. Stembridge, Andrews UniversityFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Keywords

Corrupt Intent, CPI, Love of Money, Pay Satisfaction

Abstract

By incorporating pay satisfaction at Level 1 and Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) at Level 2, we investigated the relationship between the love of money and self-reported corrupt intent among 6,382 managers in 31 geopolitical entities across six continents. Our significant cross-level three-way interaction effect showed that for managers with high pay satisfaction, the intensity (slope) of the love of money to corrupt intent relationship was almost identical in high or low CPI entities but the former had the lowest magnitude of corrupt intent, whereas the latter had the highest. For those with low pay satisfaction, the slope was the steepest in high CPI entities, but was flat in the low CPI entities and the difference between the two was significant.

Journal Title

Academy of Management 2011 Annual Meeting - West Meets East: Enlightening. Balancing. Transcending, AOM 2011

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5464/AMBPP.2011.135.a

First Department

School of Business Administration

Recommended Citation

Tang, Thomas Li Ping; Sutarso, Toto; Ansari, Mahfooz A.; Lim, Vivien Kim Geok; Teo, Thompson Sian Hin; Arias-Galicia, Fernando; Garber, Ilya; Vlerick, Peter; Liang, Jian; Akande, Adebowale; Allen, Michael W.; Alzubaidi, Abdulgawi Salim; Borg, Mark G.; Charles-Pauvers, Brigitte; Cheng, Bor Shiuan; Chiu, Randy K.; Du, Linzhi; De La Torre, Consuelo Garcia; Higgs, Rosario Correia; Ibrahim, Abdul Hamid Safwat; Jen, Chin Kang; Kazem, Ali Mahdi; Kim, Kilsun; Luna-Arocas, Roberto; Malovics, Eva; Moreira, Alice S.; Mpoyi, Richard T.; Nnedum, Anthony Ugochukwu Obiajulu; Osagie, Johnsto E.; Osman-Gani, Aahad M.; Özbek, Mehmet Ferhat; and Stembridge, Allen F., "The Love of Money is the Root of all Evil: Pay Satisfaction and CPI as Moderators" (2011). Faculty Publications. 1721.
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/pubs/1721

Acknowledgements

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