• Dr. Sangamesh Hugar
• Prof. Gunith N. S

Leadership styles cover all aspects of dealing within and outside of an organization, handling or dealing with conflicts, helping and guiding the workforce to achieve and accomplish their tasks and appearing as a role model for all. The study aimed at assessing the effect of leadership styles on employee’s performance at IT industry Bengaluru. The main objective of this study was to investigate the effect of different leadership styles (transformational, transactional, autocratic, and laissez-faire leadership styles) on employee’s performance of employees. In statistical analysis, Reliability test, KMO, and correlation analysis are used to assess both relationships and effects as per the hypotheses of the study. The findings show that transformational leadership style is the most exhibited style at the IT industries Bengaluru followed by the transactional leadership and autocratic leadership. Overall, scores show that the transformational leadership style had a strong correlation with the employee performance. However, Influencing leadership and Management by Expectations had a negative impact on employee performance score. The study findings determine that supervisors who are driven by the aspiration to achieve better performance from his/her employees should try and implement more of transformation leadership style and less of the rest of the styles.

Leadership, IT Industry, Leadership style, Employee Performance.

"A STUDY ON EFFECTS OF LEADERSHIP STYLES ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AT IT INDUSTRY IN BENGALURU", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no.b307-b320, January-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2201142.pdf

"A STUDY ON EFFECTS OF LEADERSHIP STYLES ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AT IT INDUSTRY IN BENGALURU", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no. ppb307-b320, January-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2201142.pdf