Public administration scholars have provided a variety of theoretical insights to understand bureaucratic whistleblowing, and have emphasized its ethical, legal, and practical rationales in the context of democratic bureaucracy. To enhance our understanding of this principled dissent behavior in the public sector, this study systematically reviews 71 whistleblowing articles and dissertations that address three aspects in the literature: (1) definitions and theories; (2) methods and data, and (3) factors associated with whistleblowing intention and behavior. The findings show public administration whistleblowing research typically uses Near and Miceli’s definition, grounded on psychology, ethics, and human resource management (HRM) theories. Methodologically, there is a notable recent trend in the growth of empirical research using survey data, and equal attention has been paid to both whistleblowing intention and behavior variables. Based on the review findings, the study discusses two issues—definitional and theoretical—and presents four research agendas for future bureaucratic whistleblowing scholarship.

公共行政学者为理解官僚举报提供了多种理论见解，并强调了其在民主官僚体制背景下的伦理、法律和实践理由。为了加深我们对公共部门这种有原则的异议行为的理解，本研究系统地回顾了 71 篇举报文章和论文，这些文章和论文涉及文献中的三个方面：（1）定义和理论；(2) 方法和数据，以及 (3) 与举报意图和行为相关的因素。调查结果表明，公共行政举报研究通常使用基于心理学、伦理学和人力资源管理 (HRM) 理论的 Near 和 Miceli 的定义。在方法论上，最近使用调查数据进行实证研究的增长趋势显着，并且对举报意图和行为变量都给予了同等关注。基于审查结果，该研究讨论了两个问题——定义和理论——并为未来的官僚举报学术提出了四个研究议程。