Study of Relationships Between Type of Organizational Structures and the Level of Corruption Case Study of Selected Agencies in Shiraz

In organizations with a rigid structures, according to modern management views, existence of cumbersome rules and restrictions and the disturbances caused by the restrictions and also lack of compliance with environmental changes, will result in more corruption. Because of the impact of organizational structure on corruption, the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between organizational structure and the level of corruption in the selected public executive agencies in the city of Shiraz. The research method in its aim is practical and the used plan is descriptive-correlation. The population of research was 3000 employees of the elected the executive agencies in Shiraz in 1389, from which 340 have been elected by random class sampling. The instruments of collecting data include two questionnaires: one on the organizational structure consists of 20 items and the other on corruption with 21 items. The research reached to the conclusion that there is a meaningful correlation between organizational structures and civil service corruption, so that the dimension of corruption in organizations with mechanical structures is wider. It was also found that there is a direct correlation among organizational structure and inappropriate professional behavior, the dimension of discrimination and lashes. However, we did not observe any meaningful relationship between organizational structures, on the one hand and abuse and fabricated actions on the other.