An international survey of perceptions of the 2014 FIFA World Cup: National levels of corruption as a context for perceptions of institutional corruption

We conducted a survey about the 2014 FIFA World Cup that measured attitudes about FIFA, players, and officials in 18 languages with 4600 respondents from 29 countries. Sixty percent of respondents perceived FIFA officials as being dishonest, and people from countries with less institutional corrupti...

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Published inPloS one Vol. 14; no. 9
Main Authors Nezlek, John, Newman, David, Schütz, Astrid, Baumeister, Roy, Schug, Joanna, Joshanloo, Mohsen, Lopes, Paulo, Alt, Nicholas, Cypryańska, Marzena, Depietri, Marco, Gorbaniuk, Oleg, Huguet, Pascal, Kafetsios, Konstantinos, Koydemir, Selda, Kuppens, Peter, Park, Sanghee, Martin, Alvaro San, Schaafsma, Juliette, Simunovic, Dora, Yokota, Kunihiro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Public Library of Science 27.09.2019
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Summary:We conducted a survey about the 2014 FIFA World Cup that measured attitudes about FIFA, players, and officials in 18 languages with 4600 respondents from 29 countries. Sixty percent of respondents perceived FIFA officials as being dishonest, and people from countries with less institutional corruption and stronger rule of law perceived FIFA officials as being more corrupt and less competent running the tournament than people from countries with more corruption and weaker rule of law. In contrast, respondents evaluated players as skilled and honest and match officials as competent and honest. We discuss the implications of our findings for perceptions of corruption in general.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0222492