One of the concerns of the changing global economy is leadership. As time goes by, the enormous difference in results of previous studies show that leadership styles are continually changing. Additionally, the integral part of IT industry is concentrating for long on utilizing global resources with ability to lead and change. This study focuses on an analysis of Leadership Styles of the respondents in IT industry basis the demographic characteristics (age, gender, religion, educational qualification and marital status), since the demographic factors are expected to have bearing on the respondent’s exhibition of Leadership style at work place. A total of 512 samples have been collected from the top 5 Indian IT companies of the year 2015, based on revenue, profit and market capitalization as published by the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) were selected for this study. Descriptive research method is used to analyze the responses from participants.

KEYWORDS: Leadership, Leadership styles, workplace and Information Technology