“ Reporting the wrong to the right ”: the mediated moderation model of whistleblowing education and the whistleblowing intentions

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to elucidate the social information processing theory, which is extended by the (1) effect of whistleblowing education on whistleblowing intentions, (2) simultaneous examination of the indirect relationship between whistleblowing education and whistleblowing inten...

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Published in:Kybernetes 2023-03, Vol.52 (3), p.981-996
Main Authors: Aslam, Muhammad Kashif, Akhtar, Muhammad Saeed, Akhtar, Muhammad Waheed, Asrar-ul-Haq, Muhammad, Iqbal, Jawad, Usman, Muhammad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Boundary conditions
Cultural values
Data processing
Education
Employees
Ethics
Information processing
Morality
Motivation
Relativism
Whistleblowing
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Summary:PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to elucidate the social information processing theory, which is extended by the (1) effect of whistleblowing education on whistleblowing intentions, (2) simultaneous examination of the indirect relationship between whistleblowing education and whistleblowing intentions via moral identity and (3) relativism in influencing this mediation.Design/methodology/approachMulti-wave data collected at three internals from bank employees (n = 294) were analyzed to test the proposed model.FindingsResults of the study demonstrate that whistleblowing education favorably influences whistleblowing intentions directly as well as through moral identity. Relativism serves as the buffer in the indirect effects of whistleblowing education on whistleblowing intentions through moral identity attenuating these indirect effects in individuals with dominant relativism level.Originality/valueThis study strives to extend the whistleblowing education and whistleblowing intentions literature by unpacking a moral identity mechanism through which whistleblowing education kindles whistleblowing intention and relativism as boundary condition to attenuate such motivation.
ISSN:0368-492X
1758-7883
DOI:10.1108/K-02-2021-0123