Rothschild, Joyce and Terance D. Miethe Whistleblowing Research Papers Joyce Rothschild and Terance D. Miethe Whistleblowing
Research Papers, 1987-1994 Ms.2023.004
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
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Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Ms.2023.004
Title
Joyce Rothschild and Terance D. Miethe Whistleblowing Research Papers 1987-1994
Quantity
4.2 Cubic Feet
Language
Materials in this collection are in English.
Abstract
This collection consists of materials related to a study on whistleblowing performed by Professor Joyce Rothschild, at Virginia
Tech, and Associate Professor Terance D. Miethe, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The study took place in the early
1990s and included employees from institutions all over the United States of America.
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Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
One survey included legal correspondence and health records; two other surveys included attachments with names and specifics
of individuals' actions. The anonymous surveys have been left in the collection, but legal correspondence, health records,
and other attachments for these three surveys have been removed.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder],
Joyce Rothschild and Terance D. Miethe Whistleblowing Research Papers, 1987-1994, Ms2023-004, Special Collections and University
Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to Special Collections and University Archives through the Sociology Department in 2022.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Joyce Rothschild and Terance D. Miethe Whistleblowing Research Papers
was completed in February 2023.
This collection consists of materials related to a study on whistleblowing performed by Professor Joyce Rothschild, at Virginia
Tech, and Associate Professor Terance D. Miethe, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The study took place in the early
1990s and included employees from institutions all over the United States of America.
A large portion of the collection is surveys used by the researchers to collect data, including both mail-in forms and records
of telephone interviews. The collection also contains the statistical results of this data, as well as drafts of Rothschild
and Miethe's report "Whistleblowing as Resistance in Modern Work Organizations: The Politics of Revealing Organizational Deception
and Abuse."
There are also research materials, project paperwork, correspondence, notes, and a large number of call logs.
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