?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.235728&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Why+did+they+do+it%3F+Understanding+corruption+in+public+sector+procurement&rft.creator=Bayley%2C+Ruth&rft.subject=corruption&rft.subject=government+procurement&rft.subject=public+sector+procurement&rft.subject=qualitative+thematic+content+analysis&rft.subject=theoretical+triangulation&rft.subject=institutional+logics&rft.subject=interdisciplinary&rft.subject=public+administration&rft.subject=Australia&rft.description=The+study+analysed+explanations+of+corruption+in+public+procurement+processes%2C+using+qualitative+thematic+content+analysis%2C+based+on+five+discipline-based+theories+about+corruption.+The+analysis+revealed+considerable+complexity%2C+with+no+single+theory+able+to+comprehensively+explain+the+phenomenon+of+corruption%2C+and+all+five+theories+offering+valuable+insights+into+how+and+why+corruption+arose.+These+findings+are+important+because+an+organisation%E2%80%99s+approach+to+corruption+prevention+and+treatment+is+usually+driven+by+its+view+about+causes+of+corruption.+Public+sector+organisations+could+therefore+benefit+from+adopting+corruption+prevention+and+treatment+programs+based+on+broader+theoretical+perspectives.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2022-10-07&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F235728%2F1%2FRuth%252BBayley%252BThesis%25281%2529.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.rights=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F4.0%2F&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.235728&rft.relation=Bayley%2C+Ruth+(2022)+Why+did+they+do+it%3F+Understanding+corruption+in+public+sector+procurement.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F235728%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Creative+Industries%2C+Education+%26+Social+Justice%3B+School+of+Teacher+Education+%26+Leadership