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. 2022 Jan 3;12:769282. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.769282

Table 1.

Reliability and convergent validity of the constructs.

Constructs Indicator Indicator reliability VIF Alpha rho-A Composite reliability AVE
Workplace incivility WI2 0.713 3.026 0.87 0.903 0.904 0.613
WI3 0.729 1.660
WI4 0.911 3.962
WI6 0.858 3.198
WI7 0.692 2.818
WI8 0.772 2.300
Interpersonal distrust ID2 0.772 1.542 0.823 0.827 0.88 0.654
ID3 0.788 1.745
ID4 0.864 2.169
ID5 0.807 1.697
Rumination RM1 0.911 3.793 0.918 0.928 0.942 0.902
RM3 0.830 2.482
RM4 0.919 4.228
RM5 0.920 4.381
Knowledge hiding behavior KH1 0.627 1.230 0.728 0.749 0.831 0.555
KH2 0.766 1.929
KH3 0.717 1.407
KH4 0.853 2.171

While assessing discriminant validity, two mostly used criteria were followed, that is, Fornell and Larcker (1981) criterion (Chin, 2010) and HTMT (Hair et al., 2011). Both the criteria were met as the square root of the AVE of each construct was large enough from correlations among constructs.