Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government

Abstract

This study primarily focused on the analysis of transactional and transformational
leadership influence on the Motivation level among the faculty associated with public sector
universities. Motivation being the research construct has been a concern for the organizations as
the studies witnessed (Page, 2008). Hence motivating the faculty has been regarded as the pivotal
issue for the public sector universities because a motivated faculty perform well and influence
the overall performance of the university and vice versa. Therefore the current study attempted to
analyze the relationship between motivation and transformational, transactional leadership which
may have a significant influence on motivation in public sector universities of Karachi.In
addition, a comparison between male and female faculty members has been conducted to
evaluate the effect of transformational and transactional leadership on their motivation
levels.Meanwhile, the current study intended to explore the causal relationship between
transactional, transformational leadership, and motivation, therefore the nature of this study was
causal. Whereas, participants of the study were the faculty members of the public sector
universities of Karachi. The findings of the study supported and accepted the hypotheses of the
study as transactional and transformational leadership shares a significant and positive
relationship with motivation among the faculty of public sector universities of Karachi