Abstract
Impression management is the process of influencing perceptions by molding one’s behavioral patterns in front of the target audience. The major postulate of the study was to determine impression management practices of transformational leaders and examine individual variances in the facets of both the variables. Data was collected from 183 participants working in education and corporate sectors. MLQ by Avolio, Bass and a 22- item instrument developed by Bolino and Turnley was used to measure transformational leadership and impression management. Correlations and simple linear regression were used to examine the relationships among the variables. The findings suggest that those who adopted the exemplification, ingratiation and supplication tactics, had high transformational leadership behavior. Conversely, leaders who employed self-promoting and intimidating impressions had low transformational leadership behavior. The study provides extensive literature review as well as future directions for further research.