A System Justification Theory of Entrepreneurial Attitudinal Change During a Crisis
利用2014年中东油价危机作为自然实验，基于系统正当性理论，研究为何外国与本地创业者在腐败态度变化上存在差异，发现外国创业者更易增加腐败意愿。
Entrepreneurship resilience during a crisis is an important research area. However, prior research has not examined cognitive antecedents of entrepreneurial resilience. Using the 2014 oil price crisis in the Middle East as a natural experiment, we draw on system justification theory to understand why and how entrepreneurs differ in the extent of their attitudinal changes toward corruption. We find foreign entrepreneurs substantially increased their willingness to engage in corruption whereas local entrepreneurs did not. Among foreign entrepreneurs, corruption willingness increases more among those from countries where corruption is not the norm, than those from more corrupt home countries.