Table 7.
Results of the moderated path analysis.
| Perceived negative workplace gossip → OBSE → OCB |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostile attribution bias | Stage |
Effect |
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| Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Direct | Indirect | Total | |
| Low hostile attribution bias (-1 s.d.) | –0.49** | 0.19* | –0.19** | 0.10** | –0.28** |
| High hostile attribution bias (+1 s.d.) | –0.15* | 0.10 | –0.05 | –0.01 | –0.07 |
| Difference between high and low | 0.34* | –0.09 | 0.14 | 0.09* | 0.21** |
n = 336; ∗∗p < 0.01, ∗p < 0.05. OBSE, organizational-based self-esteem; OCB, organizational citizenship behavior.