*Graduate School of Business, Tun Abdul Razak University, Malaysia
**Razak School of Government, Tun Abdul Razak University, Malaysia
Online published on 30 September, 2013.
This paper investigates the influence of organizational structure on corruption in the Libyan police force. Organizational structure is critical for both police organization and its employees. An explanation of this relationship offers possible solutions to reduce and ultimately eradicate corruption. This paper helps police management by providing useful information on the influence of organizational structure on corruption in the Libyan police organization and how they can benefit from this information in reducing the opportunity for corruption to occur among members of the police force. This paper is limited to study the influence of organizational structure on corruption in the Libyan police force. Results indicated the importance of organizational structure on the police management‘s efforts in fighting against corruption. The study found that organizational structure and its component has a significantpositiverelationship with corruption in the Libyan police force. This paper fills the current research gap by providing preliminary information on corruption in the Libyan Police Force; would be the first attempt to examine the influence of organizational structure on corruption in the [LPF].
Libya, police force, corruption, organizational structure, centralization, formalization