To blow or not to Blow: An experimental study on the intention to whistleblow on software piracy

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 347-369

  Oh, Lih Bin ^a   Teo, Hock Hai ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Behavioral reasoning theory; Information ethics; Scenario based experiment; Software piracy; Whistleblowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049310865     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10919392.2010.516639     Document Type: Article

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