Previous studies have linked public-sector employees’ motivation to desired results such as higher performance and improved quality of public services. However, questions about the impact of employee motivation on public projects have received less attention. This article uses work motivation theory to explore the fundamental processes by which transformational leadership (TL) and public service motivation (PSM) engender public project success (PS). Analysis of 296 public servants’ data working on Pakistan public projects showed a positive correlation between TL, PSM, and PS. It also showed that PSM partially mediates the relationship between TL and PS.

先前的研究将公共部门员工的动机与期望的结果联系起来，例如提高绩效和提高公共服务质量。然而，关于员工激励对公共项目的影响的问题很少受到关注。本文使用工作动机理论来探讨变革型领导 (TL) 和公共服务动机 (PSM) 产生公共项目成功 (PS) 的基本过程。对巴基斯坦公共项目工作的 296 名公务员数据的分析表明，TL、PSM 和 PS 之间存在正相关关系。它还表明 PSM 部分地调节了 TL 和 PS 之间的关系。