Investigating the Determinants of Whistleblowing Intention: Reporting Initial Findings of an Empirical Study in P. R. China

Ying Zhang; Randy K. Chiu

Investigating the Determinants of Whistleblowing Intention: Reporting Initial Findings of an Empirical Study in P. R. China

Ying Zhang^*
, Randy K. Chiu

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Interest of whistleblowing in China has been heightened in business and public administration both by widelypublicized individual cases (e.g., Dr. Jiang Yanyong) and by the anti-corruption campaign in the recent years. Currently, there is no comprehensive theory of whistleblowing that existed to explain the phenomenon, but theories on prosocial behavior and ethical decision making have been utilized by various researchers to predict whistleblowing decision making process.

This study proposed an interactionist model of whistleblowing incorporating individual and organizational characteristics, based on Rest’s four-component ethical decision making model and Trevino’s person-situation interactionist model. Surveys were conducted in 10 banks of Zhejiang Province, P. R. China. Consistent with our hypothesis, the result showed that ethical judgment explained a significantly high variance of whistleblowing intention (R2=0.32). Positive mood was a moderator that interacted with ethical judgment to predict whistleblowing intention. Moreover, a three-way interaction effect was also found to be significant (p

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business
Subtitle of host publication	From the Silk Road to Global Networks: Harnessing the Power of People in International Business
Editors	Mary Ann Von Glinow, Tunga Kiyak
Publisher	Academy of International Business
Pages	232
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 26 Jun 2006
Event	48th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, AIB 2006: From the Silk Road to Global Networks: Harnessing the Power of People in International Business - Beijing, China Duration: 23 Jun 2006 → 26 Jun 2006 https://www.aib.world/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Program-2006-Beijing.pdf (Link to conference programme) https://www.aib.world/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Proceedings-2006-Beijing.pdf (Link to conference proceedings)

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Name	Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business
Publisher	Academy of International Business
ISSN (Print)	2078-0435

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Conference	48th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, AIB 2006
Country/Territory	China
City	Beijing
Period	23/06/06 → 26/06/06
Internet address	https://www.aib.world/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Program-2006-Beijing.pdf (Link to conference programme) https://www.aib.world/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Proceedings-2006-Beijing.pdf (Link to conference proceedings)

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Zhang, Y., & Chiu, R. K. (2006). Investigating the Determinants of Whistleblowing Intention: Reporting Initial Findings of an Empirical Study in P. R. China. In M. A. V. Glinow, & T. Kiyak (Eds.), Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: From the Silk Road to Global Networks: Harnessing the Power of People in International Business (pp. 232). (Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business). Academy of International Business.

Zhang, Ying ; Chiu, Randy K. / Investigating the Determinants of Whistleblowing Intention : Reporting Initial Findings of an Empirical Study in P. R. China. Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: From the Silk Road to Global Networks: Harnessing the Power of People in International Business. editor / Mary Ann Von Glinow ; Tunga Kiyak. Academy of International Business, 2006. pp. 232 (Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business).

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Zhang, Y & Chiu, RK 2006, Investigating the Determinants of Whistleblowing Intention: Reporting Initial Findings of an Empirical Study in P. R. China. in MAV Glinow & T Kiyak (eds), Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: From the Silk Road to Global Networks: Harnessing the Power of People in International Business. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, Academy of International Business, pp. 232, 48th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, AIB 2006, Beijing, China, 23/06/06.

Investigating the Determinants of Whistleblowing Intention: Reporting Initial Findings of an Empirical Study in P. R. China. / Zhang, Ying; Chiu, Randy K.
Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: From the Silk Road to Global Networks: Harnessing the Power of People in International Business. ed. / Mary Ann Von Glinow; Tunga Kiyak. Academy of International Business, 2006. p. 232 (Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business).

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Zhang Y, Chiu RK. Investigating the Determinants of Whistleblowing Intention: Reporting Initial Findings of an Empirical Study in P. R. China. In Glinow MAV, Kiyak T, editors, Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: From the Silk Road to Global Networks: Harnessing the Power of People in International Business. Academy of International Business. 2006. p. 232. (Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business).

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