Although bribery has unethical connotations, it can be considered as an instrumental behavioural strategy to achieve goals. Because individuals with high residential mobility often focus more on self-interest to adapt to the changing environment, we hypothesise that residential mobility will increase intention to bribe to achieve one’s goals. We measured actual residential mobility in a self-reported survey (pilot study) and manipulated it using experiments (Experiments 1–3). We measured intention to bribe using hypothetical scenarios (pilot study, Experiments 1 & 2) and captured actual bribe-giving using a behavioural game (Experiment 3). We consistently found that residential mobility was positively associated with bribe-giving intention and actual bribery. This effect was mediated by concern for self-interest when bribe-giving was perceived as means to influence the outcome. Implications for research on bribery, residential mobility, and moral behaviours are discussed.

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多动多贿？住宅流动性对贿赂的影响

尽管贿赂具有不道德的内涵，但它可以被视为实现目标的工具性行为策略。由于具有高居住流动性的个人通常更关注自身利益以适应不断变化的环境，我们假设居住流动性将增加贿赂意图以实现个人目标。我们在一项自我报告的调查（试点研究）中测量了实际的住宅流动性，并通过实验对其进行了操作（实验 1-3）。我们使用假设场景（试点研究，实验 1 和 2）测量贿赂意图，并使用行为游戏（实验 3）捕获实际的贿赂行为。我们始终发现，住宅流动性与行贿意图和实际贿赂呈正相关。当贿赂被视为影响结果的手段时，这种影响是由对自身利益的关注所调节的。讨论了贿赂、住宅流动性和道德行为研究的意义。