Abstract
Incidences of organisational wrongdoing have been widely spread throughout the business world. Accounting professionals are the key human resources who find evidence of wrongdoing in firms and have the opportunity to report it. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between affective organisational commitment of accountants and their whistle-blowing preferences. Using the survey method, 177 responses were collected from Turkish accountants. A partial least square structural equation model was constructed to test both the reliability and validity of the measurement and the structural model. The results showed that the accountants with higher affective organisational commitment are more likely to prefer 'whistle-blowing toward internal structures' to remain silent. Furthermore, it found a strong relationship between 'whistle-blowing toward outside agencies' and 'whistle-blowing with an assumed name'. On the other hand, the study found a negative relationship between affective organisational commitment and 'whistle-blowing with an assumed name' and 'whistle-blowing toward outside agencies'.
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