Legal Obedience in Small Business Owners - observations of attitudes and behaviours towards rules and regulations
(2016) MGTN59 20161Department of Business Administration
- Abstract
- This research study aims to examine why small business owners comply with rules and regulations within their industries. The purpose is to obtain a deeper understanding of legal obedience amongst small business owners. More specifically, what extrinsic and intrinsic motivations makes small business owners comply with the laws. This study is exploratory and is based on five semi-structured interviews with small business owners. The sectors covered are media production, beauty, hospitality and construction
services. The results indicate that legal obedience is linked to individual interests as well as social norms. Furthermore, this study also acknowledges the importance of public agency presence with regards to legal obedience as it... (More) - This research study aims to examine why small business owners comply with rules and regulations within their industries. The purpose is to obtain a deeper understanding of legal obedience amongst small business owners. More specifically, what extrinsic and intrinsic motivations makes small business owners comply with the laws. This study is exploratory and is based on five semi-structured interviews with small business owners. The sectors covered are media production, beauty, hospitality and construction
services. The results indicate that legal obedience is linked to individual interests as well as social norms. Furthermore, this study also acknowledges the importance of public agency presence with regards to legal obedience as it appears to be an effective mechanism for compliance with the law. (Less)
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- author
- Östlund, Robin Brkan LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MGTN59 20161
- year
- 2016
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Compliance, Legal Compliance, Legal Obedience, Normative model, Rationalist model, extrinsic, intrinsic motivations, Tax Compliance
- language
- English
- id
- 8891770
- date added to LUP
- 2016-10-24 12:01:21
- date last changed
- 2016-10-24 12:01:21
@misc{8891770, abstract = {{This research study aims to examine why small business owners comply with rules and regulations within their industries. The purpose is to obtain a deeper understanding of legal obedience amongst small business owners. More specifically, what extrinsic and intrinsic motivations makes small business owners comply with the laws. This study is exploratory and is based on five semi-structured interviews with small business owners. The sectors covered are media production, beauty, hospitality and construction services. The results indicate that legal obedience is linked to individual interests as well as social norms. Furthermore, this study also acknowledges the importance of public agency presence with regards to legal obedience as it appears to be an effective mechanism for compliance with the law.}}, author = {{Östlund, Robin Brkan}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Legal Obedience in Small Business Owners - observations of attitudes and behaviours towards rules and regulations}}, year = {{2016}}, }