Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the moderating effect of individualised consideration on the relationship between intellectual stimulation and the performance of banking sector employees. This study is original and valuable because it was unknown how individualised consideration moderates the relationship between intellectual stimulation and the performance of banking sector employees. The study used a descriptive research design, a survey questionnaire, and 325 respondents from the banks located in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza cities. Single and multiple linear regressions were consecutively utilised as tools for data analysis. The empirical findings show that the moderating effect of individualised consideration on the relationship between intellectual stimulation and the performance of banking sector employees is profoundly positive and significant. It is concluded that the four transformational leadership factors, namely idealised influence, inspirational motivation, individualised consideration and intellectual stimulation should not always be treated as the parallel independent variables as it has been traditionally done because their effect on the performance can be much profoundly improved if some of them are treated as the moderating variables as in this case.