Relación entre la motivación de servicio público y la orientación al valor social con la disposición a cometer actos de soborno en estudiantes de la Universidad de Cuenca en el periodo septiembre 2024-febrero 2025

Abstract

Bribery is commonly known as the act of offering money or any other benefit of interest in exchange for the performance of personal favors. Therefore, this study examined the relationship between public service motivation (PSM) and social value orientation (SVO) with willingness to commit bribery. A standardized measure of MSP and OVS was conducted, and a vignette treatment was implemented for willingness to commit bribery. This study had a quantitative approach, non-experimental design and correlational scope. The sample consisted of 230 students belonging to the faculties of Engineering, Psychology, Economics and Administrative Sciences, and Law and Political and Social Sciences of the University of Cuenca. The results revealed significant positive correlations among the four PSM dimensions, suggesting a close interrelationship among them. As for the willingness to commit bribery, a significant negative correlation was identified between it and the attraction to public policy making (APP) dimension in the case of white bribery. However, no evidence was found of significant correlations between PSM or OVS and willingness to commit bribery in the gray and black bribery types.