Maurizio Catino
Biographic Data
| ID | 82867 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maurizio Catino |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maurizio |
| FAMILY NAME | Catino |
| SIGNATURE | CATINO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Milano-Bicocca |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4937-9544 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Inevitable violations? Etiology of deviance in organizations
People in organizations bypass safety rules, and commit theft, and other deviant acts. Is deviance in organizations primarily driven by self-interest, or do organizational factors play role? And is punishment the best strategy for dealing with it? This article addresses these questions focusing on a specific type of organizational deviance—rule violations. While rule violations are often explained using individual-level mechanisms, including char…
Scapegoating
A large cruise ship sinks after hitting some outcropping rocks near the shore. Who is to blame? In the face of negative events – accidents, corporate scandals, crises and bankruptcies – there are two organizational strategies for managing blame. The first is to take full responsibility for the event and to implement adequate corrective measures. The second is to create one or more scapegoats by transferring blame to some of the people directly in…
The organizational reasons for wrongdoing. The case of Italy’s Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSM)
Many scholars have highlighted the individual, organizational and inter-organizational causes of organizational wrongdoing; others have focused on its (negative) consequences or have analyzed how it can persist and spread between organizations. An underlining assumption shared by many of those studies is that organizational wrongdoing is a deviant, society-damaging phenomenon originating from individual and organizational actors’ pursuit of undue…
Scapegoating
The network of interfamily marriages in 'Ndrangheta
Italian Organized Crime since 1950
Italian mafias—Cosa Nostra, Camorra, and ‘Ndrangheta—are long-lived, resilient organizations that have evolved to adapt to environmental changes. They have different organizational models. While Cosa Nostra (in the past) and ‘Ndrangheta are characterized by a unitary, vertical structure and higher-level coordination bodies, Camorra has a plurality of organizational models; the majority of clans maintain a structure that is fluid, polycentric, and…
Mafia Organizations
How do mafias work? How do they recruit people, control members, conduct legal and illegal business, and use violence? Why do they establish such a complex mix of rituals, rules, and codes of conduct? And how do they differ? Why do some mafias commit many more murders than others? This book makes sense of mafias as organizations, via a collative analysis of historical accounts, official data, investigative sources, and interviews. Catino presents…
Decoding Organization
How Do Mafias Organize
This article looks at three Italian mafia organizations (Cosa Nostra, Camorra, and 'Ndrangheta). It applies an organizational approach to the understanding of violence in mafia organizations by studying the relationship between their organizational orders and their criminal behavior. The article identifies two different organizational orders, vertical and horizontal, and demonstrates that Italian mafias, although operating in similar environments…
Organizational Myopia
How Do Mafias Organize
This article looks at three Italian mafia organizations (Cosa Nostra, Camorra, and 'Ndrangheta). It applies an organizational approach to the understanding of violence in mafia organizations by studying the relationship between their organizational orders and their criminal behavior. The article identifies two different organizational orders, vertical and horizontal, and demonstrates that Italian mafias, although operating in similar environments…
The network of interfamily marriages in 'Ndrangheta
Italian Organized Crime since 1950
Italian mafias—Cosa Nostra, Camorra, and ‘Ndrangheta—are long-lived, resilient organizations that have evolved to adapt to environmental changes. They have different organizational models. While Cosa Nostra (in the past) and ‘Ndrangheta are characterized by a unitary, vertical structure and higher-level coordination bodies, Camorra has a plurality of organizational models; the majority of clans maintain a structure that is fluid, polycentric, and…
Organizational Myopia
How Do Mafias Organize
This article looks at three Italian mafia organizations (Cosa Nostra, Camorra, and 'Ndrangheta). It applies an organizational approach to the understanding of violence in mafia organizations by studying the relationship between their organizational orders and their criminal behavior. The article identifies two different organizational orders, vertical and horizontal, and demonstrates that Italian mafias, although operating in similar environments…
Decoding Organization
Mafia Organizations
How do mafias work? How do they recruit people, control members, conduct legal and illegal business, and use violence? Why do they establish such a complex mix of rituals, rules, and codes of conduct? And how do they differ? Why do some mafias commit many more murders than others? This book makes sense of mafias as organizations, via a collative analysis of historical accounts, official data, investigative sources, and interviews. Catino presents…
Italian Organized Crime since 1950
Italian mafias—Cosa Nostra, Camorra, and ‘Ndrangheta—are long-lived, resilient organizations that have evolved to adapt to environmental changes. They have different organizational models. While Cosa Nostra (in the past) and ‘Ndrangheta are characterized by a unitary, vertical structure and higher-level coordination bodies, Camorra has a plurality of organizational models; the majority of clans maintain a structure that is fluid, polycentric, and…
The network of interfamily marriages in 'Ndrangheta
Scapegoating
A large cruise ship sinks after hitting some outcropping rocks near the shore. Who is to blame? In the face of negative events – accidents, corporate scandals, crises and bankruptcies – there are two organizational strategies for managing blame. The first is to take full responsibility for the event and to implement adequate corrective measures. The second is to create one or more scapegoats by transferring blame to some of the people directly in…
The organizational reasons for wrongdoing. The case of Italy’s Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSM)
Many scholars have highlighted the individual, organizational and inter-organizational causes of organizational wrongdoing; others have focused on its (negative) consequences or have analyzed how it can persist and spread between organizations. An underlining assumption shared by many of those studies is that organizational wrongdoing is a deviant, society-damaging phenomenon originating from individual and organizational actors’ pursuit of undue…
Scapegoating
Inevitable violations? Etiology of deviance in organizations
People in organizations bypass safety rules, and commit theft, and other deviant acts. Is deviance in organizations primarily driven by self-interest, or do organizational factors play role? And is punishment the best strategy for dealing with it? This article addresses these questions focusing on a specific type of organizational deviance—rule violations. While rule violations are often explained using individual-level mechanisms, including char…
Business (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (4 works) · Organizational structure (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Management (3 works)