nted towards achievement for overcoming an inferiority stigma, without offering the proper means or opportunities, compel their actants to find a niche of their own in order to reach goals. By analogy with an old oriental tale that told the story of two people who wanted to reach the holy city of Mecca, one of them choosing the short and easy way and the other opting for the long and difficult one, Merton's theory highlights that the niche a person finds may be a innovative or a illegal one. Obviously, corruption is based on the latter. On the other hand, if a society doesn't put pressure on people by not being achievement oriented or
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