Religiosity, Job Status and Whistle-Blowing: Evidence from Micro-Finance Companies

Albert Puni (), Collins B. Agyemang () and Emmanuel S. Asamoah ()
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Albert Puni: University of Professional Studies, Department of Business Administration, Accra, Ghana.
Collins B. Agyemang: University of Professional Studies, Department of Business Administration, Accra, Ghana.
Emmanuel S. Asamoah: University of Professional Studies, Department of Business Administration, Accra, Ghana.

International Journal of Business and Social Research, 2016, vol. 6, issue 2, 38-47

Abstract: We investigate the effect of religiosity and job status on whistle-blowing among employees of micro finance companies in Ga-East district of Ghana. The intellectual dimension of religiosity informs and produces high sense of morality in an individual thus influencing whistle-blowing. Additionally, religion create the platform for building belief in certain rules and regulations as right or as wrong. Using quantitative approach for analyzing the effect between independent variables (job status and religiosity) on the dependent variable (whistle-blowing), we show that though religiosity and job status can influence whistle-blowing, however in this study, the magnitude is negligible and perhaps other variables in concert with religiosity and job status may influence whistle-blowing activities in an organization. We conclude that that whistleblowing generally in the Ghanaian setting is yet to receive high prominence due to the general belief of lack of protection for persons who come out to expose wrongdoings and the general fear of harassment, victimization and loss of job by the whistle-blower.

Keywords: Job status; micro-finance companies; religiosity; whistle-blowing. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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