What Makes You a Whistleblower? A Multi-Country Field Study on the Determinants of the Intention to Report Wrongdoing

Hengky Latan, Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour (), Murad Ali, Ana Beatriz Sousa Jabbour () and Tan Vo-Thanh ()
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Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour: MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School - UM - Université de Montpellier, University of Stirling
Murad Ali: Graduate School of Business Administration - Inha University Incheon
Ana Beatriz Sousa Jabbour: Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School
Tan Vo-Thanh: CERIIM - Centre de Recherche en Intelligence et Innovation Managériales - Excelia Group | La Rochelle Business School, CEREGE [Poitiers, La Rochelle] - Centre de recherche en gestion - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers - ULR - La Rochelle Université - Excelia Group | La Rochelle Business School, Excelia Group | La Rochelle Business School

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Abstract: Whistleblowers have significantly shaped the state of contemporary society; in this context, this research sheds light on a persistently neglected research area: what are the key determinants of whistleblowing within government agencies? Taking a unique methodological approach, we combine evidence from two pieces of fieldwork, conducted using both primary and secondary data from the US and Indonesia. In Study 1, we use a large-scale survey conducted by the US Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). Additional tests are conducted in Study 1, making comparisons between those who have and those who do not have whistleblowing experience. In Study 2, we replicate the survey conducted by the MSPB, using empirical data collected in Indonesia. We find a mixture of corroboration of previous results and unexpected findings between the two samples (US and Indonesia). The most relevant result is that perceived organizational protection has a significant positive effect on whistleblowing intention in the US sample, but a similar result was not found in the Indonesian sample. We argue that this difference is potentially due to the weakness of whistleblowing protection in Indonesia, which opens avenues for further understanding the role of societal cultures in protecting whistleblowers around the globe. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10551-022-05089-y.

Keywords: Education of whistleblowing; Perceived organizational protection; Perceived seriousness of wrongdoing; Public service motivation; Whistleblowing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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Published in Journal of Business Ethics, 2023, 183 (3), pp.885--905. ⟨10.1007/s10551-022-05089-y⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/s10551-022-05089-y

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