Whistleblowing Intention, Personal Cost, Organizational Commitment, and Fraud Seriousness Level

<p>This study aims to investigate whether personal costs, seriousness level of fraud and organizational commitment play a role in influencing whistleblowing intentions. It is also intended to prove whether organizational commitment has a mediating effect on the relationship among personal cost...

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Main Authors: Mirna Indriani, Aida Yulia, Nadirsyah Nadirsyah, Lisa Pira Ariska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Accounting and Investment
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Online Access:https://journal.umy.ac.id/index.php/ai/article/view/5204
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author Mirna Indriani
Aida Yulia
Nadirsyah Nadirsyah
Lisa Pira Ariska
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Aida Yulia
Nadirsyah Nadirsyah
Lisa Pira Ariska
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description <p>This study aims to investigate whether personal costs, seriousness level of fraud and organizational commitment play a role in influencing whistleblowing intentions. It is also intended to prove whether organizational commitment has a mediating effect on the relationship among personal costs, seriousness level, and whistleblowing intentions. The research subjects comprise of civil servants or contract employees of Government Institutions of Regencies/Cities in Aceh Province, Indonesia. The hypotheses were tested on 103 respondents who were selected using convenience sampling method. The data were collected using survey questionnaires sent via online using Google Form from May to July 2017. The data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS). The results of this study showed that personal costs and seriousness level of fraud influenced whistleblowing intentions. Nevertheless, it appeared that organizational commitment did not influence whistleblowing intentions. This study also proved that organizational commitment did not have a mediating effect on the relationship among personal costs and level of seriousness and whistleblowing intentions.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-a759de7a5d71419fbd1b954ac818c7652022-12-22T02:34:34ZengUniversitas Muhammadiyah YogyakartaJournal of Accounting and Investment2622-38992622-64132019-04-0120212915110.18196/jai.20021213265Whistleblowing Intention, Personal Cost, Organizational Commitment, and Fraud Seriousness LevelMirna Indriani0Aida Yulia1Nadirsyah Nadirsyah2Lisa Pira Ariska3Universitas Syiah KualaUniversitas Syiah KualaUniversitas Syiah KualaUniversitas Syiah Kuala<p>This study aims to investigate whether personal costs, seriousness level of fraud and organizational commitment play a role in influencing whistleblowing intentions. It is also intended to prove whether organizational commitment has a mediating effect on the relationship among personal costs, seriousness level, and whistleblowing intentions. The research subjects comprise of civil servants or contract employees of Government Institutions of Regencies/Cities in Aceh Province, Indonesia. The hypotheses were tested on 103 respondents who were selected using convenience sampling method. The data were collected using survey questionnaires sent via online using Google Form from May to July 2017. The data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS). The results of this study showed that personal costs and seriousness level of fraud influenced whistleblowing intentions. Nevertheless, it appeared that organizational commitment did not influence whistleblowing intentions. This study also proved that organizational commitment did not have a mediating effect on the relationship among personal costs and level of seriousness and whistleblowing intentions.</p>https://journal.umy.ac.id/index.php/ai/article/view/5204whistleblowing intentionspersonal costorganizational commitmentseriousness of wrongdoing
spellingShingle Mirna Indriani
Aida Yulia
Nadirsyah Nadirsyah
Lisa Pira Ariska
Whistleblowing Intention, Personal Cost, Organizational Commitment, and Fraud Seriousness Level
Journal of Accounting and Investment
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personal cost
organizational commitment
seriousness of wrongdoing
title Whistleblowing Intention, Personal Cost, Organizational Commitment, and Fraud Seriousness Level
title_full Whistleblowing Intention, Personal Cost, Organizational Commitment, and Fraud Seriousness Level
title_fullStr Whistleblowing Intention, Personal Cost, Organizational Commitment, and Fraud Seriousness Level
title_full_unstemmed Whistleblowing Intention, Personal Cost, Organizational Commitment, and Fraud Seriousness Level
title_short Whistleblowing Intention, Personal Cost, Organizational Commitment, and Fraud Seriousness Level
title_sort whistleblowing intention personal cost organizational commitment and fraud seriousness level
topic whistleblowing intentions
personal cost
organizational commitment
seriousness of wrongdoing
url https://journal.umy.ac.id/index.php/ai/article/view/5204
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