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The Relationship Between Culture and Human Development: An Analysis Through the Lens of Innovation and Corruption

The Relationship Between Culture and Human Development: An Analysis Through the Lens of Innovation and Corruption

Pedro Silva, António Carrizo Moreira
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781799810131|ISBN10: 1799810135|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799810148|EISBN13: 9781799810155
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1013-1.ch010
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Silva, Pedro, and António Carrizo Moreira. "The Relationship Between Culture and Human Development: An Analysis Through the Lens of Innovation and Corruption." Recent Advances in the Roles of Cultural and Personal Values in Organizational Behavior, edited by Zlatko Nedelko and Maciej Brzozowski, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 187-212. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1013-1.ch010

APA

Silva, P. & Moreira, A. C. (2020). The Relationship Between Culture and Human Development: An Analysis Through the Lens of Innovation and Corruption. In Z. Nedelko & M. Brzozowski (Eds.), Recent Advances in the Roles of Cultural and Personal Values in Organizational Behavior (pp. 187-212). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1013-1.ch010

Chicago

Silva, Pedro, and António Carrizo Moreira. "The Relationship Between Culture and Human Development: An Analysis Through the Lens of Innovation and Corruption." In Recent Advances in the Roles of Cultural and Personal Values in Organizational Behavior, edited by Zlatko Nedelko and Maciej Brzozowski, 187-212. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1013-1.ch010

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Abstract

The human development is used to evaluate the richness of human life, focusing on the people, on their opportunities and choices, rather than simply on the richness of economies. As for national culture, it is understood as a set of characteristics that distinguish members and that may influence all aspects of social and individual life. This study hypothesizes that national culture, measured using Hofstede's six cultural dimensions, has an impact on corruption and on innovation, and that less corrupt and more innovative nations create better welfare conditions and human development for their habitants. To test the proposed framework, data were obtained from Hofstede's, Transparency International, Global Innovation, and United Nations Development Programme websites for the year 2012. Using PLS-SEM, the results show that cultural factors play a smaller role on determining innovation than corruption, and that decreasing corruption is more important to improve human development than increasing innovation.

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