Whistle blowing intention in relation to perceived organizational support, attitude to whistle blow, channel of communication among public servant

• Published in: ISBEIA 2012 - IEEE Symposium on Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications
• Main Author: 2-s2.0-84874362182
• Format: Conference paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84874362182&doi=10.1109%2fISBEIA.2012.6422888&partnerID=40&md5=76f2f2ed6310f99c3eadb93cdbb63863
• DOI: 10.1109/ISBEIA.2012.6422888

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. Copyright © 2012 IEEE.