Corporate Governance and Whistleblowing: Corporate Culture and Employee Behaviour
In: Routledge Studies in Corporate Governance Ser.
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Illustrations -- 1 Introduction to whistleblowing -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Motivations and research objectives -- 1.2.1 To investigate the impact of national culture on whistleblowing -- 1.2.2 To examine the association of organisational culture with whistleblowing -- 1.2.3 To investigate the influence of remaining as an inactive observer and whistleblowing on employees' work-related attitudes -- 1.3 Research methodology -- 1.3.1 Australia and Pakistan as research setting -- 1.3.2 Data collection procedures -- 1.3.3 Data analysis procedures -- 1.4 Outline of the research monograph -- Notes -- References -- 2 The antecedents of whistleblowing: A cross-cultural comparison of Australia and Pakistan -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Literature review -- 2.2.1 Whistleblowing -- 2.2.2 National culture -- 2.3 Hypotheses development -- 2.3.1 The effect of individualism versus collectivism -- 2.3.2 The effect of power distance -- 2.3.3 The effect of indulgence versus restraint -- 2.4 Research methodology -- 2.4.1 Selection of countries -- 2.4.2 Sample selection and data collection -- 2.4.3 Variable measurement -- 2.4.3.1 Demographic variables -- 2.4.3.2 National culture -- 2.4.3.3 Whistleblowing -- 2.5 Results and discussion -- 2.5.1 Demographic characteristics -- 2.5.2 Validation of cultural characteristics -- 2.5.3 Whistleblowing -- 2.5.3.1 Observation of wrongdoings -- 2.5.3.2 The effect of individualism versus collectivism on employees' whistleblowing decisions -- 2.5.3.3 The effect of power distance on employees' decisions to blow the whistle -- 2.5.3.4 The effect of indulgence versus restraint on employees' decisions to remain silent -- 2.6 Conclusion -- 2.7 Contributions and practical implications -- Notes -- References.