RT Book T1 Neutralization and Whistleblowing: An empirical examination A1 Brekashvili, Paata A2 Gregory, Thomas LA English YR 2012 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1866345222 AB Neutralization theory, which explains internal excuse-making behavior, is adopted from criminology and policy compliance research and theoretically incorporated with a climate of silence model from extant whistleblowing research. Through an empirical test utilizing scenario-based field research, neutralization and climate of silence are demonstrated to jointly predict whistleblowing intentions