Whistleblowing in organizations: An examination of correlates of whistleblowing intentions, actions, and retaliation

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 277-297

  Mesmer Magnus, Jessica R ^a,b   Viswesvaran, Chockalingam ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational justice; Organizational wrongdoing; Retaliation; Retaliatory acts; Whistleblower characteristics; Whistleblowing; Whistleblowing intentions

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144454621     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-0849-1     Document Type: Review

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