Table 5.

Results of the moderated path analysis.

	Perceived negative workplace gossip → OBSE → IRB
Hostile attribution bias	Stage		Effect
	Stage 1	Stage 2	Direct	Indirect	Total
Low hostile attribution bias (-1 s.d.)	–0.49**	0.32*	–0.27**	–0.16**	–0.42**
High hostile attribution bias (+1 s.d.)	–0.15*	0.16*	–0.10	–0.03	–0.12
Difference between high and low	0.34*	–0.16	0.17	0.13*	0.30**

n = 336; ^∗∗p < 0.01, ^∗p < 0.05. OBSE, organizational-based self-esteem; IRB, in-role behavior.