TITLE:
A Summary of Research on the Influencing Factors of Employees’ Willingness to Whistle-Blowing
AUTHORS:
Xinya Chen
KEYWORDS:
Wrongdoing, Internal Reporting, Influencing Factors
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Industrial and Business Management,
Vol.8 No.7,
July
25,
2018
ABSTRACT: Intra-firm
whistle-blowing is a mechanism that effectively suppresses the problem of
entrusted agents within enterprises. Although China has already issued some
whistle-blowing laws and many companies have established internal
whistle-blowing systems, there are still loopholes in the existing internal whistle-blowing systems of enterprises. The
internal whistle-blowing department of the enterprise is virtually empty and
has little effect. Many employees observe the existence of wrongdoing but do
not choose to report it. Internal problems of the company are still frequent.
Foreign scholars have made some achievements in the study of corporate
employees’ willingness to whistle-blowing for a few decades, and China’s
research on employees’ willingness to report is still lacking. This article
reviews the influencing factors of employee’s willingness to blow the whistle, makes an outlook
for future research, and puts forward constructive suggestions for improving
the internal whistle-blowing system in China.