TY  - JOUR
AU  - Nikolić, Nemanja
AU  - Bojić, Ljubiša
AU  - Jevtović, Ana
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://rifdt.instifdt.bg.ac.rs/123456789/2630
AB  - Whistleblowing cases that shook intelligence community in the last decade
have something in common. Edward Snowden, Bradley Manning, and Reality Winner are
all members of a single generation – Millennials. We challenge the viewpoint that depicts
this generation as а potential “insider threat.” Millennials do have certain psychological traits
and attitudes that can be related to tendencies towards whistleblowing, but these findings
still do not approve the rhetoric that creates distrust towards the generation. This paper
proposes a shift from the cultural to the socio-psychological level of analysis, with respect
to both cultural and individual characteristics of whistleblowers, but puts more emphasis
on the social dimension. In comprehending recent cases of leaking classified information,
it is not enough to reduce explanation to some individual personality traits or hide behind
an abstraction, such as the concept of generation. To shed more light on the issue, we
introduce the concept of the imagined community, such as the open source community,
promoting free Internet and transparency of information and knowledge. Therefore, mental
membership in an imagined community might be more decisive for blowing the whistle
than the global set of values related to the whole generation of Millennials.
PB  - Beograd: Institut za političke studije
T2  - Sociološki pregled
T1  - What makes millennials blow the whistle? From cultural to socio-psychological perspectives on whistleblowers
IS  - 4
VL  - 55
SP  - 1674
EP  - 1695
DO  - 10.5937/socpreg55-34725
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Nikolić, Nemanja and Bojić, Ljubiša and Jevtović, Ana",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Whistleblowing cases that shook intelligence community in the last decade
have something in common. Edward Snowden, Bradley Manning, and Reality Winner are
all members of a single generation – Millennials. We challenge the viewpoint that depicts
this generation as а potential “insider threat.” Millennials do have certain psychological traits
and attitudes that can be related to tendencies towards whistleblowing, but these findings
still do not approve the rhetoric that creates distrust towards the generation. This paper
proposes a shift from the cultural to the socio-psychological level of analysis, with respect
to both cultural and individual characteristics of whistleblowers, but puts more emphasis
on the social dimension. In comprehending recent cases of leaking classified information,
it is not enough to reduce explanation to some individual personality traits or hide behind
an abstraction, such as the concept of generation. To shed more light on the issue, we
introduce the concept of the imagined community, such as the open source community,
promoting free Internet and transparency of information and knowledge. Therefore, mental
membership in an imagined community might be more decisive for blowing the whistle
than the global set of values related to the whole generation of Millennials.",
publisher = "Beograd: Institut za političke studije",
journal = "Sociološki pregled",
title = "What makes millennials blow the whistle? From cultural to socio-psychological perspectives on whistleblowers",
number = "4",
volume = "55",
pages = "1674-1695",
doi = "10.5937/socpreg55-34725"
}

Nikolić, N., Bojić, L.,& Jevtović, A.. (2022). What makes millennials blow the whistle? From cultural to socio-psychological perspectives on whistleblowers. in Sociološki pregled
Beograd: Institut za političke studije., 55(4), 1674-1695.
https://doi.org/10.5937/socpreg55-34725

Nikolić N, Bojić L, Jevtović A. What makes millennials blow the whistle? From cultural to socio-psychological perspectives on whistleblowers. in Sociološki pregled. 2022;55(4):1674-1695.
doi:10.5937/socpreg55-34725 .

Nikolić, Nemanja, Bojić, Ljubiša, Jevtović, Ana, "What makes millennials blow the whistle? From cultural to socio-psychological perspectives on whistleblowers" in Sociološki pregled, 55, no. 4 (2022):1674-1695,
https://doi.org/10.5937/socpreg55-34725 . .