This article examines the predictors of corruption among selected town planners in Ogun State, Nigeria, through the Differential Association-Reinforcement Theory. Questionnaires were used to gather data about corruption, economic situation, job dissatisfaction, lack of commitment, learnt behaviour (criminal or anti-criminal), and reinforcement favourable to corruption among the sample of 81 town planners. Descriptive statistics, bivariate relationships, and a series of Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression models were used to analyse the data. Findings show that variables with the highest correlation with corruption are job dissatisfaction, commitment, learnt criminal behaviour, and reinforcement towards corruption. Findings also show that town planners significantly engage more in corruption when higher levels of job dissatisfaction and higher levels of lack of commitment interact with higher levels of learnt criminal behaviour. This study makes an important theoretical contribution to the existing literature as well as to urban and regional planning practice in Nigeria, considering the accountability of town-planning 'officials'.
Hierdie artikel ondersoek die voorspellers van korrupsie onder geselekteerde stadsbeplanners in Ogun-staat, Nigerië, deur middel van die Differential Association-Reinforcement Theory. Vraelyste is gebruik om data oor korrupsie, ekonomiese situasie, werksontevredenheid, gebrek aan toewyding, aangeleerde gedrag (krimineel of anti-krimineel) en versterking wat gunstig is vir korrupsie onder die steekproef van 81 stadsbeplanners in te samel. Beskrywende statistiek, tweeveranderlike verwantskappe en 'n reeks van gewone kleinste vierkante (OLS) regressiemodelle is gebruik om die data te ontleed. Bevindinge toon dat veranderlikes wat die meeste met korrupsie korreleer, is werksontevredenheid, toewyding, aangeleerde kriminele gedrag, en versterking tot korrupsie. Bevindinge toon ook dat stadsbeplanners aansienlik meer betrokke is by korrupsie wanneer hoër vlakke van werksontevredenheid en hoër vlakke van gebrek aan toewyding interaksie het met hoër vlakke van aangeleerde kriminele gedrag. Hierdie studie lewer 'n belangrike teoretiese bydrae tot die bestaande literatuur en stedelike en streeksbeplanningspraktyke in Nigerië, met inagneming van stadsbeplanning 'amptenare' se aanspreeklikheid.