Description
Chapter 9 in the book titled Handbook of Communication and People with Disabilities: Research and Application. An employee who observes unethical behavior by a colleague will often question whether the incident warrants reporting. The purpose of this study was to examine factors that may affect peer reporting of questionable behavior committed by a colleague. One hundred ninety-seven (N = 197) registered nurses responded to a survey regarding reports of unethical behavior by coworkers. Results revealed that individual characteristics of the observer (such as personal ethics}, situational factors (such as severity of the wrongdoing}, and organizational issues ( such as compliance or non-compliance with policy and procedures) contributed to the reporting or not reporting of a coworker's wrongdoing. Discussion and implications suggest that various individual, situational, and organizational issues may affect an employee's decision to either report or not report unethical behavior committed by a coworker.
Publication Date
1-1-2000
Keywords
Communication Studies, Faculty Works, Scholarship, Peer Reporting, Wrongdoing, Coworkers, Supervisor, Organizational, Media
Department
Communication Studies
Recommended Citation
King, Granville III and Hermodson, Amy, "Peer Reporting of Coworker Wrongdoing: A Qualitative Analysis of Observer Attitudes in the Decision to Report versus Not Report Unethical Behavior" (2000). Communication Studies Faculty Works. 6.
https://openriver.winona.edu/communicationstudiesfacultyworks/6
Unique Identifier
WSUCMSTFACWORKS-2000-Hermodson-Peer Reporting of Coworker Wrongdoing.pdf
Comments
King III, Granville. Hermodson, A. (2000). Peer Reporting of Coworker Wrongdoing: A Qualitative Analysis of Observer Attitudes in the Decision to Report versus Not Report Unethical Behavior. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 28,(4), 309-329.