Power Flashcards

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What is Power?

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Power is the capacity to influence others. Power is given by others and can also be in the form of control over needed resources.

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What is Positional Power?

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Power that is vested in hierarchal positions.

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What is Personal Power?

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Power that resides within the individual and is generated through interpersonal relationships.

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What is Legitimate Power?

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Power of formal authority from holding a position or title from the organizational hierarchy.

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What is Reward Power?

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Power from the control of desired rewards (salary raise, promotions, praise).

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What is Coercive Power?

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Power from the use of threat / punishment to compel others.

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What is Expert Power?

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Power from special skills and abilities that others want or need but do not possess.

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What is Referent Power?

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Power from influence based on attraction or identification w/ respect to the influencer.

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What is Bathsheba Syndrome?

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Bathseba Syndrome identifies the corruption and moral lapses that come with success and power.

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What is Power and Corruption?

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Power and Corruption indicates that as power increases, compassion decreases and an ideology of self-interest and morally dubious activities increase. Other effects: donating decreases, view of a just-world increases, views of being personally deserving of power and wealth increases.

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