Abstract Familiarity with the strategies of Academic Corruption (AC) strengthens meritocracy values, increases participation, and education quality calls for the proper use of policies and cultural values ​​by the higher education system. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of lean culture (LC) on reducing AC with the mediation of positive organizational politics (POP). Statistical population of this research included faculty members of University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran. The method of this study was correlational, and it was conducted on faculty members of University of Sistan and Baluchestan with a sample of 185 people based on stratified random sampling method. The research tools included three questionnaires of lean culture questionnaire adapted from Maciąg model ( Maciąg, 2019b ), positive organizational policy questionnaire adapted from Kacmar and Carlson (1997) ; Nye and Witt (1993) , & Sen et al. (2018) models and the researcher-made questionnaire of reduction of academic corruption adapted from Tierney and Sabharwal (2017) model. According to the findings, confirmatory validity, composite reliability, and Cranbach's alpha were reported to be appropriate in all the three tools. The analysis method was using Partial Least Squares (SmartPLS). The results showed that LC directly and indirectly was effective in reducing AC through POP. Moreover, LC had a direct effect on POP and POP had a direct effect on AC reduction. It could be stated that lean values besides positive organizational policy could play a constructive role in reducing AC; and reducing AC is somehow connected to cultural and political factors of higher education.

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通过积极组织政治在高等教育中的中介作用，精益文化对减少学术腐败的影响

摘要 对学术腐败（AC）策略的熟悉加强了精英价值观，增加了参与度，教育质量要求高等教育系统正确使用政策和文化价值观。本研究的目的是通过积极的组织政治 (POP) 的中介来检验精益文化 (LC) 对减少 AC 的影响。这项研究的统计人群包括伊朗锡斯坦和俾路支斯坦大学的教职员工。本研究采用相关性研究方法，采用分层随机抽样方法，以185人为样本，对锡斯坦和俾路支斯坦大学教职工进行。研究工具包括三份改编自 Maciąg 模型的精益文化问卷 (Maciąg, 2019b)，改编自 Kacmar 和 Carlson (1997) 的积极组织政策问卷；Nye 和 Witt (1993) 和 Sen 等人。(2018) 模型和研究人员制作的减少学术腐败的问卷，改编自 Tierney 和 Sabharwal (2017) 模型。根据研究结果，证实效度、复合信度和 Cranbach's alpha 在所有三个工具中均适用。分析方法是使用偏最小二乘法 (SmartPLS)。结果表明，LC 可直接和间接通过 POP 有效减少 AC。此外，LC 对 POP 有直接影响，POP 对 AC 减少有直接影响。可以说，除了积极的组织政策之外，精益价值观可以在减少 AC 方面发挥建设性作用；