DocumentCode
3118141
Title
Whistle blowing intention in relation to perceived organizational support, attitude to whistle blow, channel of communication among public servant
Author
Kamarunzaman, Nur Zafifa ; Zawawi, Azlyn Ahmad ; Hussin, Zaliha Hj. ; Campbell, James K.
Author_Institution
Faculty of Administrative Science & Policy Studies, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia
fYear
2012
fDate
23-26 Sept. 2012
Firstpage
285
Lastpage
289
Abstract
The aims of this paper are two folds, to identify as to whether intention to whistle blow exists; and to ascertain the relationship between perceived organizational support, channel of communication, and the attitude of those who with intention to blow the whistle. The study has undertaken population study in one of the Northern Region´s public office which consists of 400 populations in total. At least 204 public servants were involved in this research as the respondents. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaire. The findings indicated that there exists intention to whistle blow on the part of the within the organization (mean=4.059). Further analysis discovered that there are positive relationships between all variables with regards to the intention to blow the whistle. Channel of communication is the most dominant variable that drives the respondents to act morally in the organization.
Keywords
Context; Educational institutions; Ethics; Face; Organizations; Psychology; Attitudes to Whistle Blow; Channel of Communication; Malaysia; Perceived Organizational Support; Public Servants; Whistle Blowing Intention; Whistle blowing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications (ISBEIA), 2012 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location
Bandung, Indonesia
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1632-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISBEIA.2012.6422888
Filename
6422888
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