Whistleblowing behaviour: The influence of ethical climates theory
The study investigates the influence of three types of ethical climate dimensions (egoism, benevolence and principle) on three types of wrongdoing in examining individuals’ whistleblowing behaviour. It was found that, depending on types of wrongdoing, principle ethical climate is able to predict whi...
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my.uum.repo.134132016-04-12T09:08:12Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/13413/ Whistleblowing behaviour: The influence of ethical climates theory Ahmad, Syahrul Ahmar Mohamed Yunos, Rahimah Raja Ahmad, Raja Adzrin Mohd Sanusi, Zuraidah HG Finance The study investigates the influence of three types of ethical climate dimensions (egoism, benevolence and principle) on three types of wrongdoing in examining individuals’ whistleblowing behaviour. It was found that, depending on types of wrongdoing, principle ethical climate is able to predict whistleblowing intentions.As for contextual predictors, seriousness of wrongdoing is the most consistent predictor for internal whistleblowing intentions.Results of this study are consistent with ethical climate theory and the finding confirms those from previous studies, by suggesting that organisational members have different reactions to different types of wrongdoings.Implications of the findings on Malaysian organisations for research and practice are discussed. Elsevier Ltd. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd http://repo.uum.edu.my/13413/1/63.pdf Ahmad, Syahrul Ahmar and Mohamed Yunos, Rahimah and Raja Ahmad, Raja Adzrin and Mohd Sanusi, Zuraidah (2014) Whistleblowing behaviour: The influence of ethical climates theory. In: International Conference on Accounting Studies (ICAS) 2014, 18 - 19 August 2014, Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.11.101 doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.11.101 |
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The study investigates the influence of three types of ethical climate dimensions (egoism, benevolence and principle) on three types of wrongdoing in examining individuals’ whistleblowing behaviour. It was found that, depending on types of wrongdoing, principle ethical climate is able to predict whistleblowing intentions.As for contextual predictors, seriousness of wrongdoing is the most consistent predictor for internal whistleblowing intentions.Results of this study are consistent with ethical climate theory and the finding confirms those from previous studies, by suggesting that organisational members have different reactions to different types of wrongdoings.Implications of the findings on Malaysian organisations for research and practice are discussed. |
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