Investigation of the Effects of the Reinforcement of Civil Society and Administrative Amendments on Good Governance as well as the Reduction of Administrative Corruption (the Case of the Tax Office of the City of Arak)

Abstract

The author of the present study has tried to investigate the effects of reinforcement of civil society and administrative amendments on good governance as well as the reduction of administrative corruption. The population of this study is comprised of the entire employees of the tax office of the city of Arak. In terms of purpose, the present research is considered as an applied study while in terms of methods, it is considered as an objective study and hence, for the purpose of the collection of the required research data the author has practiced several library studies in addition to using a questionnaire form that was distributed among 205 employees. The former questionnaire was found to be of sufficient validity and reliability. It is worthy of mentioning that the research hypotheses of the present study have been analyzed through the application of the LISREL software. Results of the study have shown that: 1) reinforcement of the civil society has a positive effect on good governance; 2) reinforcement of the civil society is of positive effects on the reduction of administrative corruption; 3) Administrative amendment has a positive effect on goof governance; 4) administrative amendment has a positive effect on the reduction of administrative corruption; 5) good governance has a positive effect on the reduction of administrative corruption.