The transformational leadership and intrinsic motivation, empirical study

Abstract

The intrinsic motivation of employees is vital to increase their self-efficiency and thus achieve a better achievement of organizational goals. In this sense, based on the relationships between managers and employees, it is good to develop an effective leadership style in the organization to motivate employees. Leaders who want to exert more influence for employee behaviours must be flexible. That is, he /she should be a transformational leader, depending on each specific situation and moment varies their attitude, behaviour and way of guiding the followers. The main objective of this study is to verify if the transformational leadership exerts a positive influence on the intrinsic motivation of the employees of Asfer Consulting, and therefore, it favors the organizational growth.