leadership and power

Question 1

LEADERSHIP AND POWER (FRENCH & RAVEN)

Answer 1

Personal Power: emotional power, being seen as likable and knowledgeable

1. Referent Power: followers identification and liking, how others perceive the leader
2. Expert Power: based on followers perception of competence of the leader

Position Power: derives from a particular office or rank in formal organizational system

3. Legitimation Power: status of formal job authority
4. Reward Power: capacity to reward (e.g. with salary, promotion, power)
5. Coercive Power: opposite: capacity to penalize
6. Information Power: possessing knowledge that others want