Making Sense of Whistle-Blowing's Antecedents: Learning from Research on Identity and Ethics Programs

Despite a significant increase in whistle-blowing practices in work organizations, we know little about what differentiates whistle-blowers from those who observe a wrongdoing but chose not to report it. In this review article, we first highlight the arenas in which research on whistle-blowing has p...

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Main Authors: Abhijeet K. VADERA, AGUILERA, Ruth V., CAZA, Brianna B.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-59022018-09-10T02:06:26Z Making Sense of Whistle-Blowing's Antecedents: Learning from Research on Identity and Ethics Programs Abhijeet K. VADERA, AGUILERA, Ruth V. CAZA, Brianna B. Despite a significant increase in whistle-blowing practices in work organizations, we know little about what differentiates whistle-blowers from those who observe a wrongdoing but chose not to report it. In this review article, we first highlight the arenas in which research on whistle-blowing has produced inconsistent results and those in which the findings have been consistent. Second, we propose that the adoption of an identity approach will help clarify the inconsistent findings and extend prior work on individual-level motives behind whistle-blowing. Third, we argue that the integration of the whistle-blowing research with that on ethics programs will aid in systematically expanding our understanding of the situational antecedents of whistle-blowing. We conclude our review by discussing new theoretical and methodological arenas of research in the domain of whistle-blowing. © 2009 Business Ethics Quarterly 19:4 (October 2009). 2009-10-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4903 info:doi/10.5840/beq200919432 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5902/viewcontent/Making_sense_of_whistle_blowing_afv_2009.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Organizational Behavior and Theory
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CAZA, Brianna B.
Making Sense of Whistle-Blowing's Antecedents: Learning from Research on Identity and Ethics Programs
description Despite a significant increase in whistle-blowing practices in work organizations, we know little about what differentiates whistle-blowers from those who observe a wrongdoing but chose not to report it. In this review article, we first highlight the arenas in which research on whistle-blowing has produced inconsistent results and those in which the findings have been consistent. Second, we propose that the adoption of an identity approach will help clarify the inconsistent findings and extend prior work on individual-level motives behind whistle-blowing. Third, we argue that the integration of the whistle-blowing research with that on ethics programs will aid in systematically expanding our understanding of the situational antecedents of whistle-blowing. We conclude our review by discussing new theoretical and methodological arenas of research in the domain of whistle-blowing. © 2009 Business Ethics Quarterly 19:4 (October 2009).
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author Abhijeet K. VADERA,
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title Making Sense of Whistle-Blowing's Antecedents: Learning from Research on Identity and Ethics Programs
title_short Making Sense of Whistle-Blowing's Antecedents: Learning from Research on Identity and Ethics Programs
title_full Making Sense of Whistle-Blowing's Antecedents: Learning from Research on Identity and Ethics Programs
title_fullStr Making Sense of Whistle-Blowing's Antecedents: Learning from Research on Identity and Ethics Programs
title_full_unstemmed Making Sense of Whistle-Blowing's Antecedents: Learning from Research on Identity and Ethics Programs
title_sort making sense of whistle-blowing's antecedents: learning from research on identity and ethics programs
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
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url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4903
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