Impact of Organizational Culture Factors and Organizational Structure Factors on Whistle-blowing Intention in Organization

Abstract

The puppose of this research is identification of the impact of Organizational Culture Factors and Organizational Structure Factors on Whistle-Blowing. We used mixed method. At first stage, we used qualitative method; so, we used Delphi Technic and finally, by reaching consensus comments, we found 21 items with 0/441 Coefficient of agreement. Then, in the second stage, we use quantitative approach; in this way, based on finding in Delphi Technic, we produced a questionaire and appraised validity of that by CVI and CVR measures. They were confirmed. Thereupon, for appraising reliability, we used Cronbach's alpha. This amount was 0/802. Therefore, we distributed the questionaire in target population, 274 number of them were completed by nurses and doctors and administrative personnel in Alzahra Hospital in Isfahan. Finally, we used Structural Equation Modeling for desinging model. Finding showed overall fitness of model is good and the impact of both factors: structural factor and cultural factor are meaningfull.

Keywords

• Organizational Culture Factors
• Organizational Structure Factors
• Whistle-blowing