Sunday, January 28, 2007

5 bases of power

What is POWER?
Is your boss more powerful than your partner? than your mom?

Five bases of power : (handy manager reference)
The five bases of power were proposed by the social psychologists French and Raven. They found five types of power that leaders posess :

  • Legitimate Power : formal authority; refers to power of an individual because of the relative position and duties of the holder of the position within an organization
  • Referent Power : charisma ; means the power or ability of individuals to persuade and influence others.
  • Expert Power : power deriving from the skills or expertise of the person
  • Reward Power : refers to the degree to which the individual can give others a reward of some kind such as benefits, time off, desired gifts, promotions
  • Coercive Power : means the application of negative influences onto employees; the ability to demote ; tends to be the least effective form of power as it builds resentment

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