摘要：Transformational leadership till its inception is widely research globally in both types of organizations i.e. service and profit-making organizations. Transformational leadership has been studied with various outcome variables especially job performance but few studies are available that investigated the mediating effect of motivation. The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between transformational leadership style and teachers’ job performance as mediated by intrinsic motivation at university level in Lahore. Correlation research designed was used under the umbrella of quantitative approach. The population of the study was university teachers in public sector universities of Lahore. Multistage cluster sampling was used. For data collection 510 teachers were and response rate was 72%. Data were analyzed while using descriptive and inferential statistics. Positive relationship was found between transformational leadership and intrinsic motivation. It was also found that intrinsic motivation partially mediates the relationship between transformational leadership style and job performance. Mostly literature supported that transformational leadership cultivate positive values among followers. The findings showed that most of the teachers in university level in Lahore had implemented transformational leadership at a high level. This proves that transformational leadership is suitable to be practiced in universities by teachers. Transformational leaders inspire employees and ensure employee satisfaction and loyalty, so, it is recommended that all the trainings pertaining to leadership skills need to focus on enhancing transformational leadership style.
