MHR 405 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, Interpersonal Attraction
24 Aug 2016
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The capacity of a person, team, or organization to influence others. Power is not the act of changing someone"s attitudes or behaviour, it"s only the potential to do so. Power is based on the target"s perception that the power holder controls a valuable resource that can help them achieve their goals. Countervailing power: the capacity of a person, team or organization to keep a more powerful person or group in the exchange relationship. Power involves unequal dependence of one party on another party. Legitimate power an agreement among organizations members that people in certain roles can request certain behaviours of others. Ex: manager telling employees what to do. Reward power derived from the person"s ability to control the allocation of rewards valued by others and to remove negative sanctions. Coercive power the ability to apply punishment. Expert power an individual"s or work unit"s capacity to influence others by possessing knowledge or skills valued by others.
