Virtuous Leadership and Performance: The Mediating Role of Work-Life Balance among IT Professionals in India

Virtuous leadership (VL), Employee Performance (EP), Work-Life Balance (WLB), IT employees (ITE), Hybrid working (HW)

This exploration objects to scrutinize the cloak of “Virtuous leadership” (VL) on the IT sector “Employee performance” (EP). Besides, this swotting also core on the intervening influence of “Work life balance” (WLB) on the overhead relationship. The paper elected a quantifiable plot disbursing the convenience sampling proficiency by accruing the data via a structured questionnaire on 581 IT sector employees, currently professioned in various IT hubs of India. The data was poised from April 2025 until November 2025. The results of the current study provide empirical evidence that VL significantly increases EP in IT employees. Additionally, implications show that WLB strongly mediate the bond between VL and EP when taken in mileu. The conclusion of the current study effectively supported the favourable concerns of EP through VL,  and WLB.