Whistleblowing as planned behavior - a survey of South Korean police officers

Park, Heungsik; Blenkinsopp, John

Abstract

This article explores the relevance of the Theory of Planned Behavior to whistleblowing research, and considers whether its widely tested validity as a model of the link between attitudes, intention, and behavior might make it an appropriate candidate for a general theory to account for whistleblowing. This proposition is developed through an empirical test of the theory's predictive validity for whistleblowing intentions. Using a sample of 296 Korean police officers, the analysis showed that attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control all had significantly positive main effects on internal whistleblowing intentions, but for external whistleblowing intentions only subjective norm was significant. The implications of these findings for applying the Theory of Planned Behavior to whistleblowing research are discussed.

Citation

Park, H., & Blenkinsopp, J. (2009). Whistleblowing as planned behavior - a survey of South Korean police officers. Journal of Business Ethics, 85(4), 545-556. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-008-9788-y

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 1, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Jun 11, 2008
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2009
• Deposit Date: Nov 13, 2014
• Journal: Journal Of Business Ethics
• Print ISSN: 0167-4544
• Electronic ISSN: 1573-0697
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 85
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 545-556
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-008-9788-y
• Keywords: Economics and Econometrics; General Business, Management and Accounting; Business and International Management; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Law
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/469667
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10551-008-9788-y
• Contract Date: Nov 13, 2014