SEISENSE Journal of Management
Vol. 3 No. 3 (2020): SEISENSE Journal of Management

Ethical Leadership and Whistleblowing: Mediating Role of Stress and Moderating Effect of Interactional Justice

Muhammad Osaid Rabie (Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia)
Marlin Abdul Malek (Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Apr 2020

Abstract

Purpose- Prevalence of corporate frauds is critical, therefore, identifying and institutionalizing the bad apples in the barrel which are engaged in wrongdoings is much needed and must be brought to the lights through whistleblowing. Design/Methodology- Data were collected from the South Asian countries through a structured questionnaire from the employees of the telecom sector. Three hundred twenty-nine samples were gathered to test hypothesized relationships. Findings- Results showed that whistleblowing intentions of employees through psychological stress mediates the behaviors of their leaders, which turns ethical leadership at the workplace. Further, ethical leadership positively impacts employees’ intention to blow the whistle at the workplace. Furthermore, the analysis showed that interactional justice moderates the relationship between ethical leadership and intention to blow the whistle of employees Practical Implications- This research gives a different perspective to the managers to develop such a culture that enables an honest and trustworthy environment, which may enable the employees to point out the wrongdoings they witness while working at the workplace.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jom

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

Description

SEISENSE Journal of Management (SJOM) peer-reviewed and published as Bi-Monthly (six issues in a year), is committed to publishing scholarly empirical and theoretical research articles that have a high impact on the management field as a whole. SEISENSE JoM covers domains such as Business strategy & ...