Organizational and Individual Effects on the Reporting of Wrongdoing in the Workplace

The study focuses on the organizational context in which the act of whistle-blowing occurs within organizations. The study suggests that many aspects of the context in which whistle-blowing actually occurs may be within the span of control of managers. Thus, management can possibly take steps to after certain aspects of the organizational context and ensure that organizational members are willing to report wrongdoing observed within their organization. To fulfill this objective, the study analyzes survey responses taken from military members' and civilian employees' responses to a 1997 survey distributed throughout the Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC), Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), Ohio.Air Force Inst of Tech Wright-Patterson AFB OH is the author of 'Organizational and Individual Effects on the Reporting of Wrongdoing in the Workplace' with ISBN 9781423552208 and ISBN 1423552202.