Do Organizational Justice Perceptions Influence Whistleblowing Intentions of Public Employees?

Abstract

This study attempts to explore and explain the relationships between whistleblowing tendency and justice perceptions of public employees. To this end, a research has been conducted by 312 public sector employees in Yalova and Sakarya in Turkey. Due to the importance of public employees' whistleblowing tendency for public interest or public health and safety, the writers decided to take public sector employees as the sample. This research is an empirical study based on obtaining data through questionnaire. The main results of this study are that organizational justice perception increases whistleblowing tendency of public employees, and organizational trust plays a mediating role in this relationship.