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Power
Definition:
Power is the ability to influence someone else. It’s the capacity to modify employee behavior
in a desired manner while being able to avoid having one’s own behaviour modified in undesirable ways.
Source of Power:
Reward
Coercive
Legitimate
Referent
Expert
Interpersonal Power
1) Meaning in terms of interpersonal relations
2) Always expressed in dependent relationship
Groups gain Power
Scarcity
Uncertainty
Centrality
Absence of
Substitute