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Schein, E. (2016). Whistle Blowing: A Message to Leaders and Managers; Comment on “Cultures of Silence and Cultures of Voice: The Role of Whistleblowing in Healthcare Organizations”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 5(4), 265-266. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.207
Edgar H. Schein. "Whistle Blowing: A Message to Leaders and Managers; Comment on “Cultures of Silence and Cultures of Voice: The Role of Whistleblowing in Healthcare Organizations”". International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 5, 4, 2016, 265-266. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.207
Schein, E. (2016). 'Whistle Blowing: A Message to Leaders and Managers; Comment on “Cultures of Silence and Cultures of Voice: The Role of Whistleblowing in Healthcare Organizations”', International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 5(4), pp. 265-266. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.207
Schein, E. Whistle Blowing: A Message to Leaders and Managers; Comment on “Cultures of Silence and Cultures of Voice: The Role of Whistleblowing in Healthcare Organizations”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2016; 5(4): 265-266. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.207

Whistle Blowing: A Message to Leaders and Managers; Comment on “Cultures of Silence and Cultures of Voice: The Role of Whistleblowing in Healthcare Organizations”

Article 7, Volume 5, Issue 4, April 2016, Page 265-266  XML PDF (291 K)
Document Type: Commentary
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.207
Author
Edgar H. Schein
MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract
This comment argues that instead of worrying about the pros and cons of whistleblowing one should focus on the more general problem of the failure of upward communication around safety and quality problems and consider what leaders and managers must do to stimulate subordinates to communicate and reward such communication. The article analyzes why safety failures occur and introduces the concept of practical drift and adaptive moves as necessary for systemic safety to be understood and better handled. It emphasizes the key role of senior leadership in creating a climate in which critical upward communication will become more likely.
Keywords
Whistleblowing; Safety; Upward Communication; Adaptive Moves
Main Subjects
Health Policy
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