Harold Andrew Patrick, Christ University, Bangalore, India

The study emphasizes on IT managers’ leadership strategies and what influence these leadership strategies have on IT employees expression of dissatisfaction. The dependent variable was response to dissatisfaction; Leadership strategies adopted by IT managers and Leadership strategies impact were the independent variables. Three standardized, valid and reliable tools were adopted to collect data. Respondents were drawn from Indian, Indian multinational and multinational IT companies. The article maps the behavioral variations and their implications in IT organizations based on leadership strategies/impact and response to dissatisfaction. The major findings indicate that in IT organizations prescriptive strategies were engaged more than restrictive strategies. The leadership strategies have a constructive impact on IT employees. The most preferred expression to dissatisfaction was voice i.e. constructive and active way to express dissatisfaction. The detail findings and implications are discussed in the article in detail.

Keywords: Employee dissatisfaction, Leadership Strategies, organizational behaviour, Human resources management, Expression of dissatisfaction

Suggested citation: Patrick, H.A. (2012) Expression of Dissatisfaction in Relation to Managerial Leadership Strategies and Its Impact in Information Technology Organizations. Skyline Business Journal, Volume 8, Issue 1, pp 31-37.

Patrick, H.A. (2012) Expression of Dissatisfaction in Relation to Managerial Leadership Strategies and Its Impact in Information Technology Organizations. Skyline Business Journal, Volume 8, Issue 1, pp 31-37.