Empirical Study on the Attitudes toward Whistle-blowing
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17530457
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Social psychology
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| Research Institution | Chiba Institute of Science |
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Principal Investigator |
WANG Jin Min Chiba Institute of Science, Faculty of Risk & Crisis Management, Associate Professor (10302431)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,050,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
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| Keywords | whistle-blowing / organizational wrongdoing / fraud / social psychology / situational factor / personal factor / Whistleblower Protection Act / risk and crisis management / 組織心理学 / 個人心理特性 / 内部告発者保護法 / 環境的要因 |
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| Research Abstract |
This empirical study examines factors that influence the behavior and attitude to whistle-blowing tendencies. Two surveys were conducted, one before and the other after the enforcement of the Whistle-blower Protection Act started in April 2006. Several experiments were also used to collect data for the analysis of the relationship between the attitudes toward wrongdoing and personal and situational factors. The main results are as follows. (1) Salaried workers consider the need is stronger for protecting whistle-blowers after the law enforcement. However, the attitudes toward other sides of the whistle-blowers did not change significantly. (2) Workers showed positive evaluation of both whistle-blowing and whistle-blower in general, but for those with higher scores of organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and collectivism, this positive evaluation was weaker. (3) For those who were not victims of fraud, the possibility of blowing the whistle was higher. (4) Those who thought that they could get supports from their supervisors or/and families, would likely blow the whistle. This was also true for those that their job description related to the stopping the wrongdoing. (5) 3 words used for addressing whistle-blowers in Japanese language gave similar images of whistle-blowers to both college students and salaried workers, and in general the images were positive. However, whistle-blowers' interpersonal relations were negatively evaluated.
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