Table 4.

Results of moderating effect analysis.

	OBSE			PIS
	M13	M14	M15	M16	M17	M18
Gender	0.06	0.08	0.09	–0.07	–0.05	–0.04
Age	0.08	0.10	0.08	0.10	0.12	0.10
Education	0.24**	0.23**	0.24**	0.12*	0.11*	0.11*
Organizational tenure	–0.27**	–0.24**	–0.20**	–0.22**	–0.20**	–0.15*
Years with the leader	0.12	0.08	0.09	0.01	–0.02	–0.01
Perceived negative workplace gossip		–0.27∗∗	–0.29∗∗		–0.22∗∗	–0.21∗∗
Hostile attribution bias			–0.07			–0.16∗∗
Negative workplace gossip ∗ hostile attribution bias			0.24∗∗			0.14∗∗
R2	0.11	0.18	0.23	0.03	0.08	0.11
F	9.09**	12.97**	13.69**	3.20**	5.60**	6.29**

n = 336; ^∗∗p < 0.01, ^∗p < 0.05. OBSE, organizational-based self-esteem; PIS, perceived insider status.