What Makes Whistle-Blowers Effective? Three Field Studies

By Marcia P. Miceli, Janet P. Near. 2002

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Subfields: Information Systems and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology

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Blowing the Whistle on Sexual Harassment: Test of a Model of Predictors and Outcomes (2004, background): “…Relations 57(3)3 0 2 03 lee (ds) 26/4/04 12:20 pm Page 302 discouraging wrongdoing and encouraging whistle-blowing (Blackburn, 1988; Keenan, 1988; Miceli & Near, 1985; Near et al., 1983; Zalkind & Eisenman, 1988) and organizational responsiveness when wrongdoing is detected (Miceli & Near, 2002).”
Whistleblowing in Organizations: An Examination of Correlates of Whistleblowing Intentions, Actions, and Retaliation (2005, background): “While demographic characteristics of whistleblowers are thought to be less predictive of retaliation than are contextual variables (Miceli and Near, 2002), research suggests that individuals who blow the whistle because it is their job to do so (e.”
THE NORMALIZATION OF CORRUPTION IN ORGANIZATIONS (2003, background): “For example,Miceli and Near (2002)found that whistle-blowing was more likely to be effective if the wrongdoing was relatively minor and short-lived – that is, if the organization was less dependent on it.”
Silence is golden? Characteristics and experiences of self-reported whistleblowers (2011, methodology): “681) and is most often associated with organizations that encourage and embrace such internal reporting behaviour (Miceli & Near, 2002 ).”
Value Orientations as Determinants of Preference for External and Anonymous Whistleblowing (2012, background): “These views seem to carry an element of truth, as research indicates that most whistleblowers first reveal their findings internally before reporting them to the public (Jubb 1999; Miceli and Near 2002).”
Determinants of Whistleblowing Within Government Agencies (2015, background): “In addition, many existing studies do not explore the complicated process of whistleblowing, which implies multi-causal relationships (e.g., Casal & Zalkind, 1995; Miceli & Near, 2002).”
Auditing students’ professional commitment and anticipatory socialization and their relationship to whistleblowing (2008, background): “Research indicates that most whistleblowers first reveal their findings internally before reporting them to the public ( Miceli and Near, 2002”
From Inaction to External Whistleblowing: The Influence of the Ethical Culture of Organizations on Employee Responses to Observed Wrongdoing (2009, background): “Following Miceli and Near (2002), future research on the influence of ethical culture could also adopt a retrospective approach and examine the actual response of employees in the face of observed wrongdoing.”
Wrongdoing by Consultants: An Examination of Employees’ Reporting Intentions (2005, background): “…culture/structure (Baynes, 2002; Callahan et al., 2002; Dworkin and Near, 1997; King, 1999; Near and Dworkin,1998), whistleblowers’ perceptions that the wrongdoing will be terminated (Miceli and Near, 2002), and the role of wrongdoing type on the whistleblowing process (Near et al., 2004).”
When Voice Matters (2015, background): “In one of the two empirical studies of whistle-blowing effectiveness, Miceli and Near (2002) surveyed three different field samples of individuals who had blown the whistle and asked them to rate their perceptions of whether their voice had led to a change in the level of wrongdoing within their…”
An Examination of the Layers of Workplace Influences in Ethical Judgments: Whistleblowing Likelihood and Perseverance in Public Accounting (2010, background): “Indeed, industry surveys (KPMG, 2006; PriceWaterhouseCoopers, 2005) and academic research (Kaplan, 1995; Miceli and Near, 2002) support the contention that reporting mechanisms aid in the prevention and detection of unethical behavior.”