Motive Attributions Shape Judgments of Whistleblowers’ Moral Characters
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Published online on June 14, 2025
Abstract
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Ahead of Print.
Public perceptions of whistleblowers are polarized: While some praise them as heroes, others view them as traitors. We argue that such perceptions are rooted in motives attributed to whistleblowers and tested this idea in three studies. A first ...
Public perceptions of whistleblowers are polarized: While some praise them as heroes, others view them as traitors. We argue that such perceptions are rooted in motives attributed to whistleblowers and tested this idea in three studies. A first ...