Leadership Strategies Adopted and it's Impact in Information Technology Organizations

Today, leaders need to move from guiding and leading to transforming, shaping and influencing the growth by the ways in which they approach their work and interact with one another. The effectiveness of a leader will depend on the magnitude and direction of- as well as strategies used to achieve impact. The literature generally suggests that effective leaders express their need for power and influence in ways that benefit the organization and creat value. Some scholars (e.g., Clements and Washbush, 1999) contend that there is a common delusion among leaders that their efforts are always well intended and that their power is benign. They believe leaders are motivated to be pro-social toward the organization and its goals rather than driven by desire for personal gain. 515 respondents representing 87 Indian, Indian multinational and multinational I.T companies were surveyed. A standardized instrument Leadership Strategies and Impact on others developed by Robert A. Cooke's (1996) was adopted with permission. The Cronbach's Alpha reliability for the scale was 0.88 and the stratified random sampling technique was adopted. IT managers preferred to use prescriptive leadership strategies more often than restrictive strategies in IT organizations. The leadership strategies had a constructive impact on IT employees. The detail findings, conclusions, implications and suggestions for further research have been discussed in the full length paper.