Syfte:  Syftet med denna uppsats är att öka förståelsen för hur organisationer hanterar de situationer som uppstår då en anställd har utfört en whistleblowing samt vilka motiv som kan identifieras ligga bakom hanterandet. Metod: En tvärsnittsstudie som behandlar fenomenet whistleblowing med en abduktiv ansats. Datainsamlingen har skett genom en kvalitativ dokumentstudie Slutsats: Studien har visat att då en whistleblowing har skett har organisationerna i studien förnekat missförhållandet. Genom studien har det även kunnat konstateras att det som har bidragit till att missförhållanden inom organisationerna har utförts och upprätthållits har varit att missförhållandena tillfredsställt många olika vinstintressen inom organisationerna.  Vidare har organisationerna hanterat whistleblowern genom att utsätta denne för repressalier.

Purpose: The purpose with this study is to find out and understand whether athlete's performance can be affected by destructive leadership in sports organizations, then weigh this together with theory. This is a try to contribute to the discourse on destructive leadership.   Method: This study is performed using a qualitative approach in the form of semi-structured interviews in which the interviewees are selected through a convenience sampling.   Theoretical framework: This investigation’s theoretical framework consists of theories dealing with leadership, leadership in sports organizations, power, destructive leadership, how destructive leadership can be positive and how it can be negative.    Empiricism: This investigation’s empiricism consists of 17 interviews with athletes who have experienced a destructive leader in sports organizations.  Conclusion: All athletes could express a negative influence on performance from destructive leadership, but the majority who expressed a positive influence expressed that it was a kind of fear, pressure or anger among the athletes that made the athletes perform better as the motivation and the desire to disprove the leader increased. How the destructive leader influence the athlete may depend on the athlete's personality and attitude. It is possible to discern in this study that athletes look, feel and respond differently to a destructive leadership, which can determine the positive and/or negative effects.