RETRACTED: Reframing whistleblowing intention: an analysis of individual and situational factors
ISSN: 1359-0790
Article publication date: 14 January 2022
Issue publication date: 2 January 2023
Retraction statement
The publishers of Journal of Financial Crime wish to retract the article “Reframing whistleblowing intention: an analysis of individual and situational factors” by D.A. Nuswantara which appeared in Volume 30, Issue 1, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-11-2021-0255
It has come to our attention that statistical errors and evidence of data fabrication are present within the article and therefore the findings cannot be relied upon.
The author guidelines of the Journal of Financial Crime make it clear that submitted articles must include data free from fabrication or errors that may affect the understanding of the article.
Despite numerous attempts to contact the authors, the journal has received no response; the response of the authors would be gratefully received.
The journal sincerely apologises to its readers.
The retracted article is available at: 10.1108/JFC-11-2021-0255
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to reframe the whistleblowing process by examining the individual and situational factors that have been overlooked by prior studies. Ethical climate, public service motivation (PSM), organisation identification and psychological safety are inquired.
Design/methodology/approach
The present study sample was drawn from a population of Indonesian local governments located in east Java, Indonesia. Particularly, self-administered questionnaires were hand-distributed to the employees in the four local governments. Of 2,169 questionnaires distributed to the employees, 1,687 questionnaires were returned to the researcher. However, the researcher removed 33 returned questionnaires because of poor data quality, such as incomplete answers. Thus, only 1,654 questionnaires were analysed in this study.
Findings
The findings support the idea of an ethical climate that can encourage the individual to blow the whistle. However, its effect is indirect. The predictive power of ethical climate on the individual’s whistleblowing intentions depends on the meditating roles of PSM, psychological safety and organisation identification. Interestingly, the mediating effects of PSM, psychological safety and organisation identification are extremely acknowledged when individuals have an opportunity to choose internal or external disclosures.
Originality/value
This study produces a different approach to understanding people’s intentions to report any wrongdoings. This study is dissimilar from prior studies in terms of the theoretical paradigm and research design. Previous studies mostly used students as their experiments. In contrast, the current study recruited employees who work in local governments. This situation fundamentally affects the understanding of the impact of an ethical climate on the individual intention to blow the whistle.
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Citation
Nuswantara, D.A. (2023), "RETRACTED: Reframing whistleblowing intention: an analysis of individual and situational factors", Journal of Financial Crime, Vol. 30 No. 1, pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-11-2021-0255
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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