The moderating effect of personal values on the relationship between ethical leadership and whistleblowing intentions

Albert Puni, Ibrahim Mohammed and John Bosco Damnyang

International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, 2021, vol. 15, issue 2, 169-189

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between ethical leadership and whistleblowing intentions by examining employees' personal values as a potential moderating variable on this relationship. Using explanatory and cross-sectional survey design, the study found a significant positive association between ethical leadership and whistleblowing intention. This positive association was found to be stronger when subordinates have a higher rather than lower level of personal values, confirming the usefulness of personal values as a new moderating variable which explains the mechanism or process by which ethical leadership can have a strong or weak influence on whistleblowing intention, especially in a power-distant cultural environment.

Keywords: unethical behaviour; speaking-up; moderated relationship; insurance industry; Ghana. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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