Whistle-Blowing in Organizations

Marcia P. Miceli, D. B. A., is professor of Management at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. She earned her doctorate in business administration at Indiana University. Her research focuses on whistle-blowing in organizations and on organizational compensation systems. Janet P. Near, Ph. D., holds the Coleman Chair of Management at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. She earned her Ph.D. in sociology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Her research program examines whistle-blowing in organizations and the relationship between life satisfaction and job satisfaction. Terry Morehead Dworkin, J. D., is the Jack R. Wentworth Em. Professor of Business Law at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and an adjunct professor at the Seattle University School of Law. Her research focuses on laws pertaining to whistle-blowing and to employment.

"Human life in increasingly lived in organizations and the project of enforcing proper conduct by these organizations falls significantly on employees. The study of whistle-blowing, while in its infancy, has the potential to make significant contributions to the quality and fate of the latest chapter in the human project. Whistle-Blowing in Organizations provides an important benchmark for students of this area by providing a synthesis of the very latest research on the varieties, foundations, consequences and effectiveness of whistle-blowing. The potential contributions of this field for understanding and improving human life are immense. And Whistle-Blowing in Organizations sets us solidly on a path toward realizing those goals." -Randy Hodson, Ohio State University, Editor, American Sociological Review"I think this book will be considered required reading for anyone interested in whistle-blowing because it is such a thorough review." -Linda Trevino, Pennsylvania State University"The book is crammed full of valuable information about the current state of research and leading edge thinking on the subject of whistle blowing in organizations. It has potential to be the definitive scholarly handbook on the subject." -William A. Wines, Missouri Western State University"Whistle-blowing in Organizations is an insightful and comprehensive compilation of current research and theory on whistle-blowing with clear implications for future research and practice. The text is written from a researcher's perspective, but succeeds in being accessible to readers outside academia as well as to scholars and students of a variety of disciplines." -Jessica Mesmer-Magnus, Ph.D., SPHR, University of North Carolina Wilmington

• 1 Introduction 2 Who Blows the Whistle? The Prosocial Organizational Behavior Model and Personal Predictors of Whistle-Blowing 3 Situational Predictors of Whistle-Blowing and Recent Theoretical Developments 4 A Model of the Predictors and Outcomes of Retaliation 5 What Predicts Whistle-Blowing Effectiveness? 6 The Legal Status of Whistle-Blowing 7 Practical Implications of the Research and Legal Changes, and Conclusion