Table 6.

Results of the moderated path analysis.

	Perceived negative workplace gossip → PIS → IRB
Hostile attribution bias	Stage		Effect
	Stage 1	Stage 2	Direct	Indirect	Total
Low hostile attribution bias (-1 s.d.)	–2.63**	0.03*	–0.32**	–0.08*	–0.40**
High hostile attribution bias (+1 s.d.)	–0.99*	0.01	–0.12	–0.01	–0.13
Difference between high and low	1.64*	–0.02	0.20	0.07*	0.27*

n = 336; ^∗∗p < 0.01, ^∗p < 0.05. PIS, perceived insider status; IRB, in-role behavior.