Factors affecting the prevention of administrative corruption in the country's educational institutions .(Case of study: public universities of Tehran metropolis)

The educational system to prevent administrative and educational corruption needs research in this field. But researchers have done few researches in the field of corruption in higher education. Therefore, the aim of the current research is to provide a comprehensive model of effective factors in preventing administrative corruption in the country's educational institutions.

of this research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of combined-exploratory method. The statistical population in the qualitative department of experts and administrators of Tehran state universities and the sample is 32 experts from the mentioned universities who were selected by the snowball method. The statistical population in the quantitative part was 13,279 employees of the same universities and the sample in the quantitative part was 373 people using Cochran's formula and was determined by the random classification method. The tool for collecting data in the qualitative part is interviews with experts and in the quantitative part, a researcher-made questionnaire. To check the reliability of the measurement model, factor loading coefficients, Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability were used. Also, average variance extracted (AVE) was used for the validity of the underlying variables. The preliminary questionnaire was modified by 32 experts and its formal and content validity and reliability were confirmed. To analyze the data in the qualitative part, metacomposition was used and in the quantitative part, fuzzy Delphi, Dimtel, MICMAC analysis and structural equations were used.

Effective factors in preventing corruption by prioritizing organizational, managerial, political, judicial, individual and cultural factors are effective in preventing administrative corruption in universities.

Educational institutions can prevent administrative and educational corruption in the form of the proposed model by identifying the components of individual, organizational, managerial, cultural, political, legal, clarification and cultural factors.