| variant | positive emotions | Employee Initiated Behaviour | ||
| M1 | M2 | M4 | M5 | |
| (a person’s) age | −0.238** | −0.154* | −0.242** | −0.167* |
| educational attainment | −0.088 | −0.048 | 0.096 | 0.131 |
| distinguishing between the sexes | −0.137 | −0.069 | −0.086 | −0.025 |
| Gender of leadership | −0.103 | 0.004 | −0.076 | 0.02 |
| Age of leadership | −0.045 | −0.036 | 0.025 | 0.034 |
| Time spent with leaders | 0.164* | 0.125* | 0.183* | 0.149* |
| Educational attainment of leaders | −0.009 | 0.024 | −0.067 | −0.037 |
| Independent variable: LH |
| 0.572*** |
| 0.512*** |
| R2 | 0.104 | 0.405 | 0.127 | 0.368 |
| ΔR2 | 0.104 | 0.302 | 0.127 | 0.241 |
| F | 3.399** | 17.458*** | 4.272*** | 14.93*** |