TABLE 2.

Results of hierarchical regression analyses pertaining to hypotheses 1 and 2.

Variables	Follower cognitive interference		Follower emotional exhaustion		Task performance		Contextual performance
	b	s.e.	b	s.e.	b	s.e.	b	s.e.
Control variables
Gender	–0.269***	0.07	–0.039	0.060	0.394***	0.062	0.338	0.064
Independent variables
Leader workplace anxiety (LWA)	0.159***	0.049	0.244***	0.055	–0.059*	0.029	–0.103**	0.033
Moderators
Follower epistemic motivation (FEM)					–0.155	0.111	0.177	0.241
Interactions
Follower cognitive interference × FEM					0.104**	0.029
Follower emotional exhaustion × FEM							0.009	0.029
Mediators
Follower cognitive interference					–0.546***	0.155	–0.065	0.042
Follower emotional exhaustion					–0.237	0.046	–0.059*	0.159
R 2	0.147**		0.176**		0.687***		0.379***

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.