Vigilance in the workplace and its role in reducing the negative effects of blowing the whistle - an applied study on the Electricity Distribution Company in the southern governorates

Abstract

The study aims to find out the role of workplace vigilance (preoccupation of facing failure, commitment of flexibility, and referring to experienced) in reducing the negative effects of blowing the whistle from the viewpoint of workers in the supervisory authorities of the Electricity Distribution Company in the Southern governorates. The study uses the descriptive and analytical approach, and the study population consists of all workers in the supervisory authorities of the Electricity Distribution Company in Gaza governorates. The company's general administration branch is chosen in Gaza, and the number of workers in the supervisory authorities reaches (71) workers. The researchers use the comprehensive enumeration method due to the small size of the community, as the questionnaires are distributed to all members of the study population, and (63) questionnaires are retrieved, i.e.) 88.7%) of the study population. The results show a strong positive relationship between the dimensions of vigilance in the workplace and the reduction of the negative effects of blowing the whistle. The study confirms that there are no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α≤ 0.05) between the averages of the responses of the sample members about the availability of the dimensions of vigilance in the workplace and the reduction of the negative effects of blowing the whistle in the Electricity Distribution Company in the Southern governorates due to the demographic variables. And that the correlation coefficient is equal to (0.995), and the coefficient of determination is equal to (0.991), which is noted that there is a statistically significant effect at the level of the function (α≤.05) for the availability of dimensions of vigilance in the workplace (preoccupation in the face of failure, commitment to flexibility, and return to experience). And reduce the negative effects of blowing the whistle. The researchers recommended the necessity of rewarding those who report violations with work and strengthening the process of communication and communication between the senior management and employees of the company so that there is a permanent and continuous knowledge of the progress of the process to correct any deviations that may occur, intentionally or unintentionally.